Vibrant Matter: KETUTA ALEXI-MESKHISHVILI, EDITH DEKYNDT, LENA HENKE, JANAINA TSCHÄPE
Forthcoming exhibition
Overview
STANCE is pleased to announce Vibrant Matter, a group exhibition curated by Jesi Khadivi featuring works by Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Edith Dekyndt, Lena Henke, and Janaina Tschäpe. Inspired by the writings of Jane Bennett, whose canonical book by the same name proposes that matter is never merely inert or passive but possessed of its own vitality—capable of acting, transforming, and making itself felt— Vibrant Matter brings together artists whose practices treat material not as a passive surface, but as an active, responsive presence. Spanning painting and sculptural approaches to surface, the exhibition explores how substances stain, resist, accumulate, and mutate, carrying traces of touch, time, and memory.
STANCE is pleased to announce Opaque Illusions, the first Swedish solo exhibition by Milan- and Geneva-based artist Viola Leddi. In her multidisciplinary practice, Leddi explores the tension between surface and depth, using opacity and illusion to interrogate visual language, cultural memory, and the politics embedded in representation—bringing into focus layered references to feminism, machismo, and avant-garde aesthetics.