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Alicja Kwade: Vestigia
Two years after her solo exhibition in its San Gimignano space, GALLERIA CONTINUA is pleased to once again present the work of Alicja Kwade, one of today鈥檚 most influential contemporary sculptors. The exhibition, titled Vestigia, features works spanning different periods of the artist鈥檚 career, including some bronze sculptures from her most recent research. These pieces reflect on the cyclical, linear, and ultimately elusive nature of temporal experience, and its interdependence with natural and artificial systems. Some works appear as metaphorical traces鈥攎emories and experiences that weave together past, present, and future. Others, like Inner Image (Finallyfound), preserve traces of lost civilizations. These works originate from a selection of the artist鈥檚 personal belongings 鈥攁n iPhone, keys, sunglasses鈥� encased within a block of schist. Their disappearance in the present and imagined archaeological rediscovery in an undefined future are materialized in this form. When, at some distant point in time, these fossilized objects are uncovered, neither their original function nor their names will be remembered; they will appear as unknown artifacts鈥攖imeless and mysterious.
The exhibition opens with two large sculptures, both titled Archibiont (2025). These works consist of solid, geometric, linear structures in dark metal that unexpectedly transform into organic forms. They blur boundaries and reveal recurring patterns found in natureevoking an underlying systematic structure, like a hidden blueprint inherent in the world: copper-green tree bark and bronze antlers. Architecture, biology, metaphysics, and philosophy inspire Alicja Kwade鈥檚 new works. These are sculptures in a state of transformation, recalling Aristotle鈥檚 theory of hylomorphism-a philosophical concept exploring the relationship between matter, form, and existence within a natural body. The tensions within the supernatural elements of Archibiont allude to higher forces, universal laws, beauty, and chaos, which are in constant motion across earth and space.
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Two years after her solo exhibition in its San Gimignano space, GALLERIA CONTINUA is pleased to once again present the work of Alicja Kwade, one of today鈥檚 most influential contemporary sculptors. The exhibition, titled Vestigia, features works spanning different periods of the artist鈥檚 career, including some bronze sculptures from her most recent research. These pieces reflect on the cyclical, linear, and ultimately elusive nature of temporal experience, and its interdependence with natural and artificial systems. Some works appear as metaphorical traces鈥攎emories and experiences that weave together past, present, and future. Others, like Inner Image (Finallyfound), preserve traces of lost civilizations. These works originate from a selection of the artist鈥檚 personal belongings 鈥攁n iPhone, keys, sunglasses鈥� encased within a block of schist. Their disappearance in the present and imagined archaeological rediscovery in an undefined future are materialized in this form. When, at some distant point in time, these fossilized objects are uncovered, neither their original function nor their names will be remembered; they will appear as unknown artifacts鈥攖imeless and mysterious.
The exhibition opens with two large sculptures, both titled Archibiont (2025). These works consist of solid, geometric, linear structures in dark metal that unexpectedly transform into organic forms. They blur boundaries and reveal recurring patterns found in natureevoking an underlying systematic structure, like a hidden blueprint inherent in the world: copper-green tree bark and bronze antlers. Architecture, biology, metaphysics, and philosophy inspire Alicja Kwade鈥檚 new works. These are sculptures in a state of transformation, recalling Aristotle鈥檚 theory of hylomorphism-a philosophical concept exploring the relationship between matter, form, and existence within a natural body. The tensions within the supernatural elements of Archibiont allude to higher forces, universal laws, beauty, and chaos, which are in constant motion across earth and space.
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Two years after her solo exhibition in its San Gimignano space, Galleria Continua once again presents the work of Alicja Kwade, one of today鈥檚 most influential contemporary sculptors.
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