Like a punch to the guts
Collezione Nancy Delroi , Keunmin Lee , Shahryar Nashat , Steve Reinke , James Richards , Sibylle Ruppert , Diane Severin Nguyen
Like a punch to the guts, curated by Anya Harrison, features works by Collezione Nancy Delroi, Keunmin Lee, Shahryar Nashat, Steve Reinke, James Richards, Sibylle Ruppert, and Diane Severin Nguyen. The exhibition, held at Galerie Derouillon, Étienne Marcel, explores the disruptive and shocking potential of art, drawing parallels between the physical impact of a punch and the effect of certain artworks.
The show examines how the materiality of images, often characterized by synthetic qualities and digital glitches, can contaminate their environment and provoke a visceral reaction. It suggests that these works, by disrupting the normal functioning of an organism or system, can free forms and images from rigid meanings, impacting the nervous system and offering a form of haptic seeing.