Tiona Nekkia McClodden THE POETICS OF BEAUTY WILL INEVITABLY RESORT TO THE MOST BASE PLEADINGS AND OTHER WILES IN ORDER TO SECURE ITS RELEASE 26. May 2023 –13. Aug 2023 ➔ Exhibition text written by Elena Filipovic (PDF) ➔ Press images (ZIP) The exhibition is supported by LEAP, the Manizeh and Danny Rimer Collection and the Rennie Collection, Vancouver, with additional support from the Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung and Saint Laurent. Photos: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
THRASHER [I-XVI], 2023
Hand-cut leather, hand-embossed, black dye
15 works, various dimensions
ROOM I
A MERCY I, 2023
Mild Steel, Black rustoleum paint, Saphir shoe polish, W40
196 x 158 x 25 cm
MIA_10 [Basel], 2023
HEAD LOSS, 2023
Mild Steel, Black rustoleum paint, Saphir shoe polish, W40
198 x 81 x 51 cm
APNEA, 2023
Air compressor, timed release
2 parts, 42 x 42 x 45 cm, 15 x 15 x 5 cm
HEAD LOSS, 2023
Mild Steel, Black rustoleum paint, Saphir shoe polish, W40
198 x 81 x 51 cm
APNEA, 2023
Air compressor, timed release
2 parts, 42 x 42 x 45 cm, 15 x 15 x 5 cm
A MERCY III, 2023
Mild Steel, Black rustoleum paint, Saphir shoe polish, W40
178 x 137 x 51 cm
THRASHER [I-XVI], 2023
Hand-cut leather, hand-embossed, black dye
15 works, various dimensions
A MERCY II, 2023
Mild Steel, Black rustoleum paint, Saphir shoe polish, W40
183 x 117 x 51 cm
A MERCY IV, 2023
Mild Steel, Black rustoleum paint, Saphir shoe polish, W40
185 x 112 x 46 cm
ROOM II
NEVER LET ME GO | I. such delicacy, 2023
Black jute rope, leather, Saphir shoe polish /
Schwarzes Juteseil, Leder, Saphir-Schuhcreme
122 x 61 x 5 cm
DIR | RETENUE, 2023
SD Video, BW, sound
10 min 48 sec
NEVER LET ME GO | V. irrevocable, 2023
Black jute rope, leather, Saphir shoe polish /
Schwarzes Juteseil, Leder, Saphir-Schuhcreme
122 x 61 x 5 cm
NEVER LET ME GO | IV. this relation at first filled, 2023