ALICJA KWADE
MET NYC

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK CITY, USA
16 APRIL – 27 OCTOBER 2019

For The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Alicja Kwade has created two sculptures using steel and stone to evoke a miniature solar system, a piece of space that has settled temporarily on the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. This is Kwade's first solo exhibition at a museum in the United States. 
The exhibition was supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Additional support was provided by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky. The exhibition is accompanied by a book published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press. 
© Images Roman März

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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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