Daniel Arsham’s structural interventions cause walls to appear in a state of flux, as if they are melting or dripping, reverse the notion of architectural rigidity and of a partition’s standard presentation. His aestheticized sculpture and installations realize hypothetical architectural elements and counter intuitive designs, queuing possibilities and coercing material to behave atypically.
“Body painting, as practiced here in East Africa, the cradle of humanity, seems to me to represent a way of life that dates from prehistory and once enabled humankind to overcome the hostility of nature. Art was then a means of survival.” Hans Silvester
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