MARFA MONROPCO 2016

Babak-Matveev's MARFA MONROPCO comes across as the ultimate daydream, a space you can just fall into. I wonder what it was like for Babak-Matveev to build this world. I can imagine them constructing a site of inquiry, letting this place emerge through trial, error, and intuition. Think about the magenta skirt, the way it feels like it’s twirling. It seems like something is about to happen. It reminds me of the kind of intense pleasure you can get from movies by Jacques Demy or the Coen Brothers, where the narrative is a bit all over the place, and the visual effect is just overpowering. When you look at a painting you are having a dialogue with an artist from another time and place. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas, inspiring one another’s creativity. I think Babak-Matveev has really allowed for multiple interpretations and meanings to emerge.