In the first room of the gallery, three concrete sculptures are displayed on the wall, each one suggesting a male profile (alter egos of the artist) in which modeled parts alternate with unfinished parts. These works are paired with sheets of paper printed with poetic quatrains composed from the titles of Van Gogh’s paintings.
The juxtaposition of sculpture and word, of the weight of concrete and the lightness of paper, of the archetype of the face and the evocation of the existential charge of Van Gogh’s artistic practice, creates a hermetic device. The work relies solely on its vivid presence.
The installation finds its counterpoint in an etching and a text.
This diptych amplifies the installation’s suggestions through another language — that of the engraved mark on the plate — suggesting that the technique of etching is closer to sculpture than to drawing.

Veranstaltungsort

Galerie Nicolas Krupp
Riehentorstrasse 33
CH-4058 Basel

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Veranstalter

Galerie Nicolas Krupp

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08.11.2025-03.01.2026