ALICJA KWADE
BIG BE-HIDE

GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND
25 FEBRUARY – 31 MAY 2022
Alicja Kwade’s BIG BE-HIDE, 2022 presented in Gstaad as part of Elevation's show "Echoes", is concerned with the interplay of ‘being’ and ‘hiding’. A found stone and its replica cast in aluminum sit across each side of a two-sided mirror. The stone and its counterpart overlap perfectly in reflection, yet uncannily. From one perspective, the mirrored glass may appear as a normal reflecting plane, bearing an unchallenged reflection of the object in its gaze. As the viewer changes perspectives, the mirror begins to deny its reflectivity and appears as a transparent – yet transformational – window through which a natural stone looks onto its shiny metal double. Moving around the piece, the glass may gradually conceal parts of one of the objects, but in return, it will always complete what's missing by revealing its exact complement in a different material.
© Images Andrea Furger

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ALICJA KWADE
Alicja Kwade (b. 1979 in Katowice, Poland) lives and works in Berlin. Her work investigates and questions universally accepted notions of space, time, science, and philosophy by breaking down frames of perception in her work. Kwade’s multifaceted practice spans sculpture, public installation, works on paper, videos, and photography.

Most recently, she has exhibited in the following museums, among others: Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg; Berlinische Galerie – Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Berlin, Germany; Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA; Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA; Espoo Museum of Mod...
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