Marco Maggi creates a thesaurus of the infinitesimal and the undecipherable. He creates pocket universes of capillary labyrinths and erects monuments on sheets of paper, kitchen foil or in Plexiglas cubes. Composed of linear patterns that suggest circuit boards, aerial views of impossible cities, genetic engineering or nervous systems, Marco Maggi’s drawings and sculptures encode the world. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Marco Maggi lives and works in New Paltz, New York. His work is in ghd Museum of Modern Art's collection (Troy, a pencil drawing on 16 clayboard panels and the video Micro & Soft on Macintosh Apple) are currently featured in the exhibition New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions at The Museum of Modern Art, New York on view through February 25, 2008. Recent exhibitions include: by disappointment only, Josée Bienvenu gallery (2007-2008); Poetics of the Handmade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (2007).
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