Thomas Rehbein Galerie opens exhibition of new works by Pauline M`barek
(Artdaily.org)

Thomas Rehbein Galerie is presenting new works by Pauline M’barek (*1979). In Pauline M’barek’s works the human body appears as an instrument of inquiry. It is a medium to gain access to the world, allowing to acquire fundamental experience by means of sensory impressions that also serve to establish contact to the environment. Through the senses, human beings experience and engage actively with their surroundings, “grasping” them with hands and mind. The body is an integral component of the self, while at the same time it provides access to the outer world. As a border between self and other the body appears both permeable and compact, open and closed. Simultaneously subject and object, it bears and leaves traces of interaction. M’barek deals with processes of perception, which she detects and converts into an image or a concrete