Jesse Darling
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This minimalist artwork depicts a single white candle standing in a simple wooden candle holder against a plain white background. The composition is focused and centered, highlighting the contrast between the warm flame and the cool, neutral tones. The materials and design evoke a sense of simplicity and functionality, drawing attention to the ritual and meditative quality of the candle's soft glow. The artist's intention seems to be creating a serene, contemplative atmosphere through this pared-down, yet visually striking, representation of a common household object. ...
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Jesse Darling
B.1981, BritishJesse Darling (b. Oxford, UK) is an artist based in London and Berlin working in sculpture, installation, text and sound. His practice delves into the fallibility, adaptability, and vulnerability of living beings, societies, and technologies. Using everyday materials like steel, plastic, and objects found in most households, Jesse fosters connections between individual existence and collective humanity, reflecting on impermanence and the shared condition that binds us together. Jesse is the winner of the Turner Prize 2023 ...
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Sultana
ParisFounded in 2010 by Guillaume Sultana, Sultana collaborates with emerging international artists. The gallery space operates as a site for experimentation and expression, often bringing together well-established and lesser known artists through a playful, yet politically-engaged curatorial program that highlights practices concerned with questions of identity and their social ramifications. By giving space to curators and writers, in addition to artists, the gallery is committed to rethinking the traditional modes of exhibition-making and collaboration within the art world. In 2021, Sultana opened Sultana Summer Set Arles to convene artists, collectors, curators, and friends close to the gallery in a domestic and intimate space in the heart of the city. This space was conceived as a residency and site of exchange, to host projects angled toward creative freedom, reflection, and flânerie that eschews a regular programming schedule, and is organized instead according to the whims and desires of our community. These two spaces exemplify the spirit of Sultana: the desire to provide artists with an independent platform for expression via site-specific projects and curatorial propositions. ...