BASE-ALPHA GALLERY

NADIA NAVEAU — FUNNY FIVE MINUTES

13.09.2018 – 28.10.2018

A shape that implodes seems to ask for a heavy figure to lie on it. A paw becomes a leg and a nose, a foot becomes a paw, a hand becomes a hat. Elements of earlier works articulate themselves in different constellations in space, and can therefore be read differently during the course of the visit. “This time it has no head” and “that's that leg again”. The sculptures partly assemble and transform themselves through their material properties. And when she doesn't quite know what to do, the phrase "to be goofing around", for her fluid logic, becomes enough to carefully sculpt Goofy.

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