About Tania Kovats (1966)
Kovats is fascinated by ecology, or in other words our environment, and the associated mechanisms, rhythms and dynamics that influence us as living beings.
Kovats creates seascapes and seeks to capture the reflections on the water. Her Divers series originated when she used diving suits (the human skins we must wear to remain in the water for extended periods of time) as moulds. The concrete sculptures are reminiscent of aquatic plants or coral. They portray the human body as fluid: in their forms, they bear no resemblance to the conventions of what a beautiful body should look like, since those conventions were shaped on land.