carved wood, resin containing ashes, pearl earring
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
This contemporary sculpture features a wooden chair with a distinctive, organic form. The piece is composed of irregularly shaped, twisting wooden elements that create a sense of movement and fluidity. The earthy, natural tones and rough-hewn textures evoke a connection to the natural world. The sculptural, almost surreal design challenges the traditional notion of a functional chair, inviting the viewer to consider the interplay between form and function in art. This work likely reflects the artist's exploration of the boundary between utility and artistic expression, blurring the lines between furniture and sculpture. ...
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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