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Posted On: October 16th 2025, 08:19 am
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I am very excited to be participating in the current group show of @ioneandmann in spirit and truth [come closer and see] in London. A beautifully curated show by @alkistisk with a truly amazing selection of artists.
About the exhibition:
in spirit and truth [come closer and see], is an exhibition that explores opposing tensions inherent in balance within humankind’s fragile entanglement with the natural world. Referencing non-duality, folklore and the unseen, the show brings together the practices of eight international artists who negotiate these tensions through a shared connection with the elemental, within an intentional, often self-referential structure set free by an openness to what is unknowable.
In today’s hyper-accelerated, post-truth environment, marked by extreme polarisation, pervasive uncertainty and ecological precarity, the exhibition casts light on the emergence of counter tendencies to bring things back to balance: softness in response to aggression; simplicity in response to excess; restraint in response to the drive for insatiable growth; introspection in response to constant connectivity; but also willingness to seek understanding beyond human intelligence, learn from the natural cycles and access alternative forms of wisdom and consciousness.
This is not a proposal for escapism through distraction, detachment or reactionary nostalgia. In line with Heraclitus’s concept of ‘palíntropos harmonîe’, at a time where finding an anchor and grounding feels imperative, the exhibition posits a path forward through acceptance of opposites and the dynamic process of change which is essential for sameness to exist.
Installation View, in spirit and truth [come closer and see]IONE & MANN; photography by @mattspour courtesy of IONE & MANN
Artists
Bárbara Alegre: @barbaralegre Irini Bachlitzanaki: @irini_b Jana Emburey: @jana.emburey Jonathan Kelly: @jonathankelly_ Alice Kemp: @alicekemp123 Yuichiro Kikuma: @yuichirokikuma Danae Patsalou: @danae.patsalou Yelena Popova: @yelena_popova
About the exhibition:
in spirit and truth [come closer and see], is an exhibition that explores opposing tensions inherent in balance within humankind’s fragile entanglement with the natural world. Referencing non-duality, folklore and the unseen, the show brings together the practices of eight international artists who negotiate these tensions through a shared connection with the elemental, within an intentional, often self-referential structure set free by an openness to what is unknowable.
In today’s hyper-accelerated, post-truth environment, marked by extreme polarisation, pervasive uncertainty and ecological precarity, the exhibition casts light on the emergence of counter tendencies to bring things back to balance: softness in response to aggression; simplicity in response to excess; restraint in response to the drive for insatiable growth; introspection in response to constant connectivity; but also willingness to seek understanding beyond human intelligence, learn from the natural cycles and access alternative forms of wisdom and consciousness.
This is not a proposal for escapism through distraction, detachment or reactionary nostalgia. In line with Heraclitus’s concept of ‘palíntropos harmonîe’, at a time where finding an anchor and grounding feels imperative, the exhibition posits a path forward through acceptance of opposites and the dynamic process of change which is essential for sameness to exist.
Installation View, in spirit and truth [come closer and see]IONE & MANN; photography by @mattspour courtesy of IONE & MANN
Artists
Bárbara Alegre: @barbaralegre Irini Bachlitzanaki: @irini_b Jana Emburey: @jana.emburey Jonathan Kelly: @jonathankelly_ Alice Kemp: @alicekemp123 Yuichiro Kikuma: @yuichirokikuma Danae Patsalou: @danae.patsalou Yelena Popova: @yelena_popova
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