steel, padouk and ebony wood, crystals, chain mail, embroidery on silk, lavender, freshwater pearls, bath mat
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
This contemporary artwork features a distinctive metal structure with intricate geometric patterns and decorative elements. The predominant colors are black and white, creating a striking visual contrast. The overall composition is symmetrical and balanced, with a central canopy-like section and hanging tassels or fringes. The piece appears to combine industrial materials and craftsmanship, creating a unique and visually captivating sculpture. While the specific intention behind this work is unclear, it likely draws inspiration from traditional architectural or decorative elements, reinterpreted through a modern lens. ...
A great lover of literature, science, poetry, the occult, paganism, pop culture and strange and wonderful stories, Nils Alix-Tabeling produces a singular body of work that questions our future as humans in a rapidly changing world.
Resolutely symbolist, even surrealist, his sculptures, installations, paintings, texts and performances are full of references to magical and ancient practices, as well as to certain stories and legendary figures, both real and fictional. His work, which brings together heterogeneous and chimerical identities in a transhistorical, syncretic and intuitive approach, hybridizes categories of genre and the realms of the living and even the non-living. The result is a sophisticated, complex universe whose vital energy is devoted to making the invisible visible by dissolving the boundaries between reality and fiction.
He exhibited in Futur, Ancien, Fugitif at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2019, Possédé.e.s at the Moco in Montpellier in 2020 and at the Kunstverein in Dortmund and the Parvis in Tarbes in 2023. He works with the galleries Public in London and Piktogram in Warsaw.
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