Nothing to see here. The sculptures in this exhibition have turned their faces away from you, left
for the day or reduced their material consistency to mere shadows. Yet they assert their spatial
presence by means of withdrawal, knowing very well how strong the powers of curiosity, imagi-
nation and desire can be.
But negation is a nuanced state of being. It includes various manifestations such as concealment,
absence, transparency, but also censorship and disguise. According to a Surrealist dictum, ‘we
must first distinguish between what is hidden and what is invisible’. The former signifies a state of
repression – intentional or otherwise – while the latter simply escapes our sensorial capacity.
This is where magic comes into the picture. And indeed, as every trained magician will tell you,
upon making an object or a person vanish, the audience will not clap just yet. Because making
something disappear is not enough; you have to be able to bring it back – all in plain sight.