Published 3 SEP 2024

Opening – 12 SEP 2024, 6-9 pm
13 SEP until 2 NOV 2024

Société is pleased to announce Drowning, Conny Maier’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Water and fluids are central motifs in the artist’s work, appearing in scenes where they gush from human bodies, spill from urns, or serve as the backdrop for enigmatic bathing scenes. Maier’s newest paintings take an even more pronounced aquatic turn, delving into the notion of drowning—which evokes associations with the subconscious, a loss of control, and the dissolution of the self—as an immersion in the deep, primal aspects of the psyche. For Maier, the metaphor of drowning signifies the overwhelming nature of disaster, whether personal, political, or ecological. Yet, within this turmoil, she also finds the potential for renewal: the possibility of emerging from the depths reborn, cleansed, and transformed.