IONE & MANN Gallery

Exhibition Announcement ✨✨✨

𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡
[𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒]

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✨ SAVE THE DATE for the Opening Reception ✨

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲-𝟴 𝗽𝗺

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We are excited to present in spirit and truth [come closer and see], 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.

Presenting work by:

Bárbara Alegre
Irini Bachlitzanaki
Jana Emburey
Jonathan Kelly
Alice Kemp
Yuichiro Kikuma
Danae Patsalou
Yelena Popova

Please email us at [email protected] for a preview list of works or appointment ahead of the opening and Frieze week.

@barbaralegre @irini_b @jana.emburey @jonathankelly_ @alicekemp123 @yuichirokikuma @danae.patsalou @yelena_popova

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