Alicja Kwade: Blue Days Dust
WHAT
The renowned Polish-born artist (b.1979) lives and works in Berlin, where her artistic practice investigates and questions the structures of reality and society, reflecting on the perception of time in our everyday life. Her diverse practice is based around concepts of space, time, science and philosophy, taking shape in sculptural objects, video and even photography.
WHY
The artist explores the interplay of matter and spirit, body and space in her works. Her mixed media works manipulate perception and physical experience. Her often confounding objects highlight deep-seated social conventions, the laws of physics and the mysterious natures of time, space and light (why is gold universally valuable? What if we could feel how fast the earth is flying through space?)