Non-Zero-Sum

Exposición / Masa Galería / Joaquín A. Pérez 6, San Miguel Chapultepec I Secc, Miguel Hidalgo / Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México
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Cuándo:
08 feb de 2023 - 22 abr de 2023

Inauguración:
08 feb de 2023

Precio:
Entrada gratuita

Organizada por:
Masa Galeria

Artistas participantes:
Brian Thoreen

       

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Descripción de la Exposición

Known for challenging conventional concepts and pushing the boundaries of art and design, Thoreen’s ‘Non-Zero-Sum’ presents over ten functional and six non-functional works, unveiling his mastery in finding progressive ways to manipulate materials beyond the conventional. The pieces on view showcase a bold exploration of shape, form, and utility, resulting in a diverse presentation of functionality and material in each piece. This dialog between function and form is beautifully portrayed in large sculpture-like pieces, such as the two-meters candle made from 200 kilos of raw cast beeswax, unexpectedly exhibiting the object's mysterious and sensual aspect. Combining seemingly different materials comes a table made of twirling free-form rubber with cast bronze boxes and hammered copper elements, increasing the possibilities of its standard use. Enchanted with the diversity and multiplicity of rubber, Thoreen also presents a chair made solely from folded and stacked heavy neoprene consisting of nearly two tons of material while maintaining a sinuous tactility. In conversation with the collectible design pieces, Thoreen reveals a series of artworks, including a triptych of large works on paper displaying a binary code landscape by inscribing small charcoal sticks into the paper. Through materiality and conceptuality, the piece merges digital and analog. Standing between functionality and non-functionality, the triptych contains coded information, yet the information is kept secret from the viewer. The breath of Thoreen’s current studio practice offers a continuation and expansion of his longstanding interest in making the static and kinetic laws of the universe visible, and the collision of a physical material with personal experimentation wrestling with the forces of gravity, displacement, velocity, mass, and scale.

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