Icons, pallets, Mars melons & planets: The artistic wonderland of Alicja Kwade

Alicja Kwade, TRAFO Szczecin, 27.11.2015
Alicja Kwade, TRAFO Szczecin, 27.11.2015

In diverse universes

 

Alicja Kwade deals with phenomena that are difficult to understand, convey and demonstrate, although they define and are with us in our day-to-day life from start to finish: space and time and everything that happens there - in this way and in no other way. She takes her inspiration from science, preferably from the theory of relativity. She has a weakness for theoretical constructs whilst mistrusting them at the same time. Time exists in reality although no one can grasp it and so no one can understand it properly. It never stays still and always moves forward and vanishes. Why is it measured in this way and not in any other way? - that is the question posed by Alicja Kwade. There could be a different way of measuring time, a different structure of time – and if so then which? The systems that underlie our life have been conceived and have mutated to become the norm in order to organise our life and make it more manageable. Are these structures unique and eternal – or could others exist as well? Is the reality, i.e. the world, that we move in singular or are there parallel universes as well?

 

Media library
  • 1. Alicja Kwade, Trafo Szczecin, 27 November 2015.

    Alicja Kwade, Trafo Szczecin, 27 November 2015.
  • 2. Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance, Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.

    Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance, Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.
  • 3. Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance (Detail), Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.

    Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance (Detail), Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.
  • 4. Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance (Detail), Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.

    Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance (Detail), Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.
  • 5. Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance (Detail), Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.

    Alicja Kwade, Megasubstance (Detail), Rohkunstbau XXV, 2020.
  • 6. Alicja Kwade, Andere Bedingungen, Aggregatzustand , 2011-2019.

    Alicja Kwade, Andere Bedingungen, Aggregatzustand , 2011-2019.
  • 7. Alicja Kwade, Andere Bedingungen, Aggregatzustand (Detail), 2011-2019.

    Alicja Kwade, Andere Bedingungen, Aggregatzustand (Detail), 2011-2019.
  • 8. Alicja Kwade, Die Trinkenden, (Belebung toter Einheiten), 2007.

    Alicja Kwade, Die Trinkenden (Belebung toter Einheiten), 2007, charcoal, porcelain, installation view MOVING ENERGIES – 10 years me Collectors Room Berlin, Olbricht Collection, 2020.
  • 9. Alicja Kwade, Eadem Mutata Resurgo 9, (door), 2013, and Influence (wall clock), 2015.

    Installation view Monolog aus dem 11ten Stock, Haus am Waldsee, 2015.
  • 10. Alicja Kwade, Watch 1950, 2008, Watch 2, 2007 and Watch (Kienzle), 2009.

    Installation view Monolog aus dem 11ten Stock, Haus am Waldsee, 2015.
  • 11. Alicja Kwade, Radio (Alicja R-603), 2014.

    Installation view Monolog aus dem 11ten Stock, Haus am Waldsee, 2015.
  • 12. Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).

    Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).
  • 13. Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).

    Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).
  • 14. Alicja Kwade,.Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).

    Alicja Kwade,.Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).
  • 15. Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).

    Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).
  • 16. Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).

    Alicja Kwade, Hypothetisches Gebilde, 2015 (fragment).