The Tools series originated while Maria Fragoudaki was attending the SVA residency program in New York. During this time, she began experimenting with installation by incorporating the very tools she used in her painting process into the artwork itself. Her goal was to initiate a dialogue between painting and object, allowing their interaction dynamic to shift based on the tool’s placement inside the piece. Like Richard Serra and Duchamp, she explores visual intimacy through material, investigating how objects interact with space and meaning.
