Mass,
in Repose
in Repose
Plate F·01
Patinated bronze
Dim.
62 × 41 × 28 cm
Cast
MMXXIV, Antwerp
Edition
1 of 1, +1 AP
MMXXVI
Spring Catalogue No. 014
A Private Archive
By Appointment Only
Editor — N. Aalto
Curatorial — V. Renard
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17 works · 02 collections
A continuum,
held lightly in shadow.
§ 001. Each plate is unrepeatable. The archive disallows reissue. What is gone is gone — recorded once, then permitted to rest.
An evolving register of works — paintings, castings, and photographic plates — selected, dated, and released into the slow light of private rooms.
Established
XXII · MMXXII
XXII · MMXXII
Exhibition Index · MMXXVI·
Penumbra · 09 works · Now on view, by appointment·
The Foundry · 05 studies·
Catalogue raisonné available to vetted collectors·
Private viewings — Toronto, Antwerp, Lisbon·
All works held in single editions of one·
Exhibition Index · MMXXVI·
Penumbra · 09 works · Now on view
I.
Current Exhibition
09 Works
02 Mar — 14 Jul, MMXXVI
Penumbra.
A study of the threshold — of light arriving late, of figures half-leaving the frame, of the colour of a room before anyone names it.
Plate 01 / Vertical / Oil on linen
The
Anatomy
of Distance
Title
The Anatomy of Distance
Medium
Oil & bone-black on raw linen
Dimensions
184 × 132 cm
Year
MMXXV
Edition
Unique
Provenance
Studio of the artist, Antwerp
Vesper, after the third snow.
Plate 02
Silver gelatin print96 × 142 cm
MMXXIV
Provenance
Private collection,Reykjavík → Lisbon
Acquired MMXXIV
Curator's note
V. Renard, MMXXVI
“The painter does not depict the room. She depicts the moment just before someone decides whether to leave it.”
Plate 03 · Study for an interior
Graphite & chalk on cotton
72 × 72 cm · MMXXIII
Available — Inquire
72 × 72 cm · MMXXIII
Available — Inquire
Apparition,
in Quartertone
Plate 04
Oil, ash, linen
Dim.
210 × 148 cm
Year
MMXXV
Status
Reserved
Continued —
Plates 05 through 09
Five further works available to vetted viewers
The Foundry.
Studio works — bronze, plaster, and the slow record of the hand. Released sparingly, never twice.
II.
Studio Archive
05 Studies
MMXXIII — MMXXVI
Plate F·02 · Studies in pressed ash
A brief
inventory of
things that
refuse light.
Medium
Pressed ash, beeswax, gesso
Dimensions
Each panel 38 × 28 cm · 09 panels
Year
MMXXV — MMXXVI
Provenance
Studio archive, unreleased
Plate F·03
Untitled (the room before it became a room)Plaster, iron oxide, linen scrim
146 × 96 cm · MMXXVI
Available
Untitled,
but listening.
III.
On Method
A Note from the Studio
The archive is built slowly, and against the appetite of the moment. Works are not announced. They are released — once a season, once a year, sometimes not at all — to the small number of rooms in which they have agreed to live.
Each plate carries its own provenance document, signed in the studio, archived in duplicate, and never reissued. Inquiries are welcomed; representation is private.
Studio
Antwerp · Lisbon
Representation
By private arrangement
Catalogue
Issued in editions of 24
Acquisitions
Vetted collectors & institutions
IV.
The Collector's Door
Private Catalogue Access
For the
private
catalogue.
Inquiries are read personally. A short note — your interest, your room, the work that has held your eye — is enough to begin.
Correspondence
catalogue@archive-nova.studio+32 · 03 · 000 · 0000
By appointment
Toronto · Antwerp · Lisbon
Access +
ARCHIVE / Nova · MMXXVI
A private register
A private register
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Reproduction prohibited
Reproduction prohibited