Marcus Nelson
Contained I+II (Composite V), 2021-2025
Found security doors, paper, photographic print, newspaper,
210 x 110 cm per door
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This work presents a collection of drawings, notes, timesheets, and reference photography from Marcus Nelson’s studio archive from 2021–25. Sealed beneath the reinforced glass of two security doors – found...
This work presents a collection of drawings, notes, timesheets, and reference photography from Marcus Nelson’s studio archive from 2021–25. Sealed beneath the reinforced glass of two security doors – found on the streets of Berlin – Contained (I,II), documents the process of making, by preserving the ephemera generated from a restless mind. Moments of violence, vulnerability, physical performance and emotional release appear and disappear under the visual noise of its entirety, all while trapped within the negative space of the object’s facade. In this work, Nelson asks how certain urban structures might support or inhibit our sense of self and what we choose to present to the external world