resin, fabric, oil paint, mother of pearl necklace
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
This contemporary artwork features a striking, almost grotesque figure resembling a cat-like creature. The vibrant greens, pinks, and reds create a vivid, almost unsettling color palette, while the distorted, misshapen form and the figure's open mouth evoke a sense of unease. The technique appears to be a combination of sculpting and textile work, resulting in a textured, tactile surface. This piece may be intended to challenge the viewer's perception of beauty and the boundaries between human and animal, inviting contemplation on the duality and complexity of the natural world. ...
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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