Alex Ayed - Untitled (Beit el hmam II), 2023 - Statale SS242, Pontives

Alex Ayed, Untitled (Beit el hmam II), 2023. Clay, Olive Wood, Hay, Steel, Limewash. 280 x 107,5 x 118 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and ZERO…, Milan and Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo by Tiberio Sorvillo

Al mumënt viv y lëura l artist franzesc-tunisin Alex Ayed sun l mer. Si vita ie l’esprescion de coche ël ntënd l’ert, na pratica che va for inant che nravisea plu che la va l cunzet dl’opra d’ert ala tiera ulache la nasc, cun l ubietif de lië stories nueves ala rë de cunties bele prejëntes. Te si opres vëniel suvënz a se l dé situazions nia da udëi danora, ora dl cuntrol dl artist, coche per ejëmpl Transumanza (2021), ulache l titul fej referimënt al pelegrinaje che i pastri fej uni ann tl Mediteran da milesc de ani. Dan la giaurida dla mostra à la lerch tla galaria tëut su n pastrëc de cëures y n valguna gialines che se à metù n relazion cun l’opres pensedes per ëiles – coche la cianeves – lascian i sënies de si passaje tla lerch do che la ie unida giaurida.

Chësc ti jì permez lirich y aldò dla situazion al’ert ie prejënt te Untitled (Beit el hmam), l’opra instaleda per The Parliament of Marmots te n tòch de ierba sun l ëur dla streda statela daujin a Pontives. La scultura mposanta auta plu de doi metri ie n banch dala tupes fata de lën de ulif, arjila, stram y curida ju cun ciauc, aldò dla tecniches tradiziuneles dl Africa dl Nord. Aldò dla tradizion fovi bëndebò suvënz da udëi tla ziteies te dut l Mediteran, ma nce te d’autra pertes dl mond. L aspet plu mpurtant per Ayed ie si natura da ntënder te doi manieres. Fac su dala persones acioche l vive laite la tupes, n cumpurtamënt che semea festidià, ma tl medem mumënt nce da uem y che per tant che n se dà da fé dà inant l’idea de unì zartiei y de na relazion de duminazion. Ayed tol ca l banch dala tupes te na perspetiva metafisica, coche un di puec posć restei dedite dai cunfins di nridlamënc y udù dant per tò su tieres. Na ancunteda che l artist vëija coche n ti sëurandé n gran pudëi spirituel a n post. (M.P.)

ALEX AYED

Alex Ayed (1989, Strasbourg, France) lives and works on a boat with which he sails across oceans and the Mediterranean. Through sculpture, painting, photography and sound, he uncovers the symbolism of the places he visits. He graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. His work was exhibited at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; The Intermission, Piraeus; Kunstverein Freiburg; Zero, Milan; B7L9, Tunis; IAIA, New York; Balice Hertling Gallery, Paris; MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art, Bologna; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; New Museum, New York; and Magasins Généraux, Paris.

Alex Ayed, Untitled (Beit el hmam II), 2023. Clay, Olive Wood, Hay, Steel, Limewash. 280 x 107,5 x 118 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and ZERO…, Milan and Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris. Photo by Tiberio Sorvillo

Al mumënt viv y lëura l artist franzesc-tunisin Alex Ayed sun l mer. Si vita ie l’esprescion de coche ël ntënd l’ert, na pratica che va for inant che nravisea plu che la va l cunzet dl’opra d’ert ala tiera ulache la nasc, cun l ubietif de lië stories nueves ala rë de cunties bele prejëntes. Te si opres vëniel suvënz a se l dé situazions nia da udëi danora, ora dl cuntrol dl artist, coche per ejëmpl Transumanza (2021), ulache l titul fej referimënt al pelegrinaje che i pastri fej uni ann tl Mediteran da milesc de ani. Dan la giaurida dla mostra à la lerch tla galaria tëut su n pastrëc de cëures y n valguna gialines che se à metù n relazion cun l’opres pensedes per ëiles – coche la cianeves – lascian i sënies de si passaje tla lerch do che la ie unida giaurida.

Chësc ti jì permez lirich y aldò dla situazion al’ert ie prejënt te Untitled (Beit el hmam), l’opra instaleda per The Parliament of Marmots te n tòch de ierba sun l ëur dla streda statela daujin a Pontives. La scultura mposanta auta plu de doi metri ie n banch dala tupes fata de lën de ulif, arjila, stram y curida ju cun ciauc, aldò dla tecniches tradiziuneles dl Africa dl Nord. Aldò dla tradizion fovi bëndebò suvënz da udëi tla ziteies te dut l Mediteran, ma nce te d’autra pertes dl mond. L aspet plu mpurtant per Ayed ie si natura da ntënder te doi manieres. Fac su dala persones acioche l vive laite la tupes, n cumpurtamënt che semea festidià, ma tl medem mumënt nce da uem y che per tant che n se dà da fé dà inant l’idea de unì zartiei y de na relazion de duminazion. Ayed tol ca l banch dala tupes te na perspetiva metafisica, coche un di puec posć restei dedite dai cunfins di nridlamënc y udù dant per tò su tieres. Na ancunteda che l artist vëija coche n ti sëurandé n gran pudëi spirituel a n post. (M.P.)

ALEX AYED

Alex Ayed (1989, Strasbourg, France) lives and works on a boat with which he sails across oceans and the Mediterranean. Through sculpture, painting, photography and sound, he uncovers the symbolism of the places he visits. He graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. His work was exhibited at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; The Intermission, Piraeus; Kunstverein Freiburg; Zero, Milan; B7L9, Tunis; IAIA, New York; Balice Hertling Gallery, Paris; MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art, Bologna; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; New Museum, New York; and Magasins Généraux, Paris.