The artwork depicts a whimsical ceramic sculpture featuring an abstract, fantastical form. The piece showcases a vibrant color palette of greens, pinks, and yellows, creating a playful and organic composition. The central element resembles a peculiar, mushroom-like structure with bulging, eye-like protrusions. The sculptural pedestal below is molded with intricate, fluid patterns and textures, suggesting a surreal, natural landscape. The work's distinctive style and imaginative approach evokes a sense of playfulness and wonder, inviting the viewer to explore the artist's unique creative vision and interpretation of the natural world. ...
Zoe Williams seduces the senses with a charged interplay of ritual, desire, and excess. Working across installation, moving image, ceramics, drawing, and performance, she creates provocative worlds where collaboration and materiality drive a heady fusion of the erotic and the grotesque. Her practice thrives in moments of tension—between pleasure and discomfort, beauty and distortion—offering sensorial encounters that both captivate and unsettle. Williams’s work delves into non-verbal communication and embodied behaviors, revealing the subtle, often seductive undercurrents that inform human relationships. Through sensorial experiences that actively engage the viewer, her pieces balance hedonistic pleasure with psychological intensity. This slow, charged exchange transforms spectators into voyeurs, prompting intimate reflections on sex, desire, and power. By confronting themes of control, sexuality, and the economics of creation, Williams opens space for critical conversations around the pressures embedded in social and cultural systems. Her work invites audiences to navigate discomfort and allure simultaneously, fostering a provocative dialogue that challenges assumptions about identity, agency, and the politics of intimacy. ...
Ciaccia Levi, Paris–Milan is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2013 by Nerina Ciaccia and Antoine Levi in the Belleville district of Paris. In 2020, the gallery relocated to a new space in the Marais–Arts & Métiers area, and in 2022, expanded internationally with the opening of a second venue in Milan.
From the outset, Ciaccia Levi has been committed to building a multilayered platform for visual culture, presenting the work of both emerging and established artists from around the world. The gallery focuses on thoughtful, concept-driven practices across a range of media, with a curatorial approach that values experimentation, dialogue, and long-term collaboration.
Ciaccia Levi is also a co-founder of Paris Internationale, an independent art fair that champions forward-thinking galleries and artists. Through its dual presence in Paris and Milan, the gallery continues to foster cross-cultural exchange and support ambitious contemporary art practices within and beyond traditional exhibition formats. ...
