There’s one thing slippery about Alicja Kwade’s work. It’s a attribute that defines her multifaceted apply, and encapsulates a hungry curiosity for the world round her and the chance that resides inside and past its techniques.
Kwade is at the moment presenting a brand new exhibition at Tempo Gallery, marking her first solo present with the New York gallery since becoming a member of in 2023. The presentation expands on the artist’s long-standing fascination with materials, type and notion, difficult viewers to contemplate: What’s time, actually? What precisely does it encapsulate, and what slips by way of it?
On the coronary heart of Telos Tales are three towering sculptures — inflexible, geometric metal frames that dissolve into molten, tree-like limbs of bronze. Self-contained but interwoven without delay, every bit is titled after one in all Aristotle’s classical causes: Causa Materialis, Causa Efficiens, Causa Formalis. The lacking one, Causa Finalis — the “telos” — finds a quiet residence within the exhibition’s title.
Elsewhere one other work, PhaseChase finds which means within the intangible nature of time. Hanging from the ceiling, a double-sided clock peaks out from a cultured metal pipe as reflections ripple and dance throughout its floor.
Quite than attempting to pin time down, Kwade lets it slip, stretch and refract. With a deft, experimental hand her work refuses solutions, discovering magnificence within the thriller and deconstructing it totally.
The exhibition is now on view in New York by way of August 15.
Tempo Gallery New York
540 W twenty fifth St,
New York, NY 10001
