ARTISSIMA
Exile Gallery
Turin
2024
Variations of white solids (I)
2018, 150 x 100 x 140 cm, expanded polystyrene, putty
Untitled
2018, 50 x 38 cm, pastel on paper
Untitled
2018, 50 x 38 cm, pastel on paper
Untitled
2018, 50 x 38 cm, pencil on paper
Untitled
2018, 50 x 38 cm, pen on paper
EXILE is pleased to participate in this year’s edition of ARTISSIMA with a dialogue presentation of works by Vienna-based artist Brishty Alam and Erfurt-based artist Erik Niedling.
The works by Nielding and Alam engage in a dialogue on fragility, transformation, and the forces — both material and immaterial — that shape how we remember, understand, and preserve our histories and knowledge.
The transmutation of the artist’s archive into a molecular image mirrors the changing and evolution of the biological body, where molecules shift and redefine what is preserved and what is lost. Just as memory is ephemeral and subject to fragmentation, the body of work, much like the biological body, undergoes a continual process of transformation. This interplay of molecules — whether in art or science — shapes the delicate balance between what is passed down and what dissolves in the process.
Text & curation by Domen Ograjenšek. Photos by Flavio Palasciano & Sophie Pölzl.