CHAMBERS

Jessica Gispert, Selma Gültoprak, Sami Schlichting, Maarten Van Roy

Curated by Alfons Knogl & Lukas Schmenger

At FLⒶT$, Brussels

October 21 — December 10, 2022

Photography: Jan Hoeft

We wear casual looking sweatshirts in apricot when wild clouds presage rain. Engraved metal casts flickering shadows on dry hay while we inhabit old rituals in hidden chambers with high speed internet. There are three immortal flowers on an altar behind a huge supermarket where we buy branded plastic bags; but nothing else.
Do our eyes become sharper?

We unwrap bronze.
We connect us to subcultural practices.
We use common categories for material to order online but we ignore them all to bring transcendence into those treacherous industrial elements – finally.
Do we still pour desire in alchemy?

We celebrate ceremonies for emotional and spiritual balance on greyish Ikea couches in very small rooms but we can’t wait. We can’t wait much longer. We sweat. We freeze. We are the unfocused concentrate of haired existence – at last.

 

— Alfons Knogl

Exhibition view
Sami Schlichting Twin Study A, 2022 Hay and unfired clay on iron and aluminum wire, 52 x 77 x 22 cm
Maarten van Roy Eisenhower 29 P2, 2014-2022 Steel, 39 x 50 x 30 cm
Maarten van Roy Eisenhower 29 P2, 2014-2022 Steel, 39 x 50 x 30 cm
Maarten van Roy Untitled (God Bless Daily Bliss), 2022 Calacatta Oro marble, 26 x 18 x 2 cm
Maarten van Roy Untitled (God Bless Daily Bliss), 2022 Calacatta Oro marble, 26 x 18 x 2 cm
Sami Schlichting Twin Study A, 2022 Hay and unfired clay on iron and aluminum wire, 52 x 77 x 22 cm
Sami Schlichting Twin Study A, 2022 Hay and unfired clay on iron and aluminum wire, 52 x 77 x 22 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Jessica Gispert Á Yemaya, 2021 Dye sublimation prints on satin and chiffon Ed. 1 of 3, 152 x 106 x 15cm
Jessica Gispert Á Yemaya, 2021 Dye sublimation prints on satin and chiffon Ed. 1 of 3, 152 x 106 x 15cm
Jessica Gispert Á Yemaya, 2021 Dye sublimation prints on satin and chiffon Ed. 1 of 3, 152 x 106 x 15cm
Selma Gültoprak Life, 2022 Laser cutted cardboard, 52 × 45 × 2 cm
Selma Gültoprak Life, 2022 Laser cutted cardboard, 52 × 45 × 2 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Selma Gültoprak A star too far, 2021 Burnt cups, 67 × 13 × 13 cm
Selma Gültoprak A star too far, 2021 Burnt cups, 67 × 13 × 13 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Selma Gültoprak house in clouds, 2021 Incense sticks, perforated metal strap, 35 × 30 × 17 cm
Selma Gültoprak house in clouds, 2021 Incense sticks, perforated metal strap, 35 × 30 × 17 cm
Jessica Gispert Eye Wall, 2022 brass, 35.4 x 5.45 x 0.20cm each
Jessica Gispert Eye Wall, 2022 brass, 35.4 x 5.45 x 0.20cm each
Jessica Gispert Eye Wall, 2022 brass, 35.4 x 5.45 x 0.20cm each
Sami Schlichting Swallow, 2022, Iron and aluminum wire, 95 x 190 x 99 cm
Sami Schlichting Swallow, 2022, Iron and aluminum wire, 95 x 190 x 99 cm
Sami Schlichting Swallow, 2022, Iron and aluminum wire, 95 x 190 x 99 cm
Maarten van Roy Scapa Home Reprise 2021 Bronze, 18 x 28 x 20 cm
Maarten van Roy Scapa Home Reprise 2021 Bronze, 18 x 28 x 20 cm
Maarten van Roy Scapa Home Reprise 2021 Bronze, 18 x 28 x 20 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view

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