Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe
Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

November 2024

The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone Empire – Leek Phone sponsored Contemporary Art Conversations

In the autumn of 2023, Andrew Gilbert traveled to Hangzhou, China, as representative of Leek Phone™ to explore potential business deals, establish new trade routes, seek territory for founding Emperor Andrew Instant Coffee plantations, and participate in the BY ART MATTERS artist residency program.

Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

Sperling

Feria Material, Mexico City
7.02.2020–9.02.2020
Ana Navas

Sperling at Material Art Fair, Mexico City, 2020, presenting Ana Navas (*1984, Quito, Ecuador).

Art is a conversation with strangers but it resonates beyond spaces of direct artistic experience. Navas wonders how art is perceived and transformed outsideits own context and explores its contact points with other disciplines. A collection of disguises allows everyday objects to adopt sculptural qualities. Small metal applications, jewelry and ornaments become parts of small landscapes, sculptural gardens or other intimate references.

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El arte es una conversación con extraños, pero ésta resuena más allá de los espacios de la experiencia artística directa. Navas se pregunta cómo se percibe y transforma el arte fuera de su propio contexto y cuáles son sus puntos de encuentro con otras disciplinas. Una colección de atuendos permite a objetos cotidianos reencontrarse con el lenguaje escultórico y a pequeños herrajes, bisutería y adornos formar parte de paisajes, jardines escultóricos o referencias íntimas.

Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
Feria Material, Mexico City
with kind support of mondriaan fund, NL