MaryKate Maher works in both sculpture and collage. She utilizes abstraction, symbols, and repetitive forms to reference the body, geology, and mythologies found in landscapes. Her sculptures focus on weighted and grounded objects, referencing lines, shapes, and textures found in nature, such as rocks, site markers, and geological phenomena.
Maher’s collage works complement her sculptures by focusing on the compression of space and light. Her gradients and repetition of circular orbs create depth planes, questioning their sense of volume and dimension.
In all of Maher’s works, forms and themes repeat like fragments of visual grammar. Her application of different materials and components becomes foundational to her process, where many small movements combine to create a larger voluminous form.
Maher’s practice spans a balanced approach to resolving tension in her compositions by exploring relativities in volume, line and negative space. The artist recognizes the irregularities created by traditional working methods, contrasting these idiosyncrasies with symmetrical, idealized forms in a manner that reflects our expectations of perfection in an uncertain, shifting reality.
