Mud Physics: Theoretical Writings

Critical writings that index the material and linguistic problems of making art.

Compiled here for the first time, the selected writings of Helen Marten probe the critical spaces between image and language, material subject and conceptual idea. Working across sculpture, painting, drawing, writing, and video, Marten has emerged as one of the leading voices of her generation, investigating how we exist within and retranslate the world around us. Driven by both informational logics and emotiona...