Mother Ship

With Mother Ship, Maria Pop creates a hybrid sculpture, positioned at the intersection of playful object and monumental construction, exploring themes of discovery and knowledge through a modular visual language. Composed of colorful modules, the work builds a dynamic and reconfigurable structure, resembling an imaginary vehicle ready to journey into an unknown universe of exploration.

Aesthetically, Mother Ship resonates with the creations of Niki de Saint Phalle—especially her Nanas and Tarot Garden—where rounded volumes, vivid colors, and mosaic surfaces form playful yet symbolically charged worlds. It also echoes the accessible, dynamic visual universe of Keith Haring, where line and form convey profound themes of life, community, and transformation.

Philosophically, Mother Ship can be read through Gilles Deleuze's concept of the rhizome: a non-hierarchical, extensible structure characterized by multiple and unpredictable connections. Thus, the modular construction of the work becomes a metaphor for open-ended, non-linear thinking and the continuous reconfiguration of reality.

Through this work, Maria Pop crafts a visual manifesto about freedom, imagination, and adaptability—essential values in an era defined by movement, discovery, and constant reinvention.