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In Elza S\u012ble\u2019s work, didactic ideological system(s) are masked by and presented as seductive images augmented by systems of mass distribution. These contradictions pave the way for a series of variable-format works which take their own construction\u2014ideological and otherwise\u2014into consideration. For S\u012ble, the issue of widespread resistance to populist speech is grounded in an individual’s critical thinking skills, which becomes further enmeshed in dominant culture narratives and their ideological backgrounds. S\u012ble insists that this is a pivotal (artistic) position to occupy.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A new body of work by S\u012ble divides images into mnemonic, semantic, and formal devices. S\u012ble bridges the gap between forensic scenes and laboratory-like environments, drawing them together and suggesting that associative visual images and rhetoric are worthy of our critical examination. The work further questions prevailing rhetorics as acts of delusion, with lies and fear-mongering tactics among those embraced by various state powers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The display at NADA Miami 2022 includes medium-format aluminum plates covered with semi-fluid materials and gelatine\/graphite pencil designs among others. These plates evoke the camouflaging techniques and wartime deception strategies employed during wars and other\u00a0 appalling confrontations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alongside these aluminum \u201cshield paintings\u201d are a series of skinny stick-trampoline pieces scattered throughout the booth. On these shields, the painted skin of the surface (of a painting) is rolled up into a single dimension. Crowded onto \u201cstick-cattails,\u201d the works serve as reminders of the sheer exhaustion and fragility that brutal acts of war cause.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most recent body of work was finished in Miami just days before the fair, and showcases new developments in S\u012ble’s artistic explorations. Breaking away from the \u201cstick\u201d and expanding towards flattened surfaces, the \u201ccattails\u201d have become a mass of layers of environment-orientional details manifest as a spectacle, a cacophony of textures, colors, and textual snippets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elza S\u012ble<\/b> (b. 1989 in Riga, lives and works in Z\u00fcrich) is a visual artist. S\u012ble combines mental imagery with analytic divisions and builds up an interwoven vocabulary of psycho-spatial typologies in flux. In 2019, S\u012ble graduated from ZHdK Z\u00fcrich. Recent solo exhibitions include exhibitions at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre (Riga 2022), PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2021); unanimous consent (Z\u00fcrich, 2020) and Kulturfolger Z\u00fcrich (2020). She has participated in numerous two-person and group shows, such as at Kunsthaus Pasquart (Biel\/Bienne, 2022), Smack Mellon (New York, 2022), Haus Konstruktiv (Z\u00fcrich, 2022); Misako & Rosen (Tokyo, 2022); Kim? Contemporary Art Centre (Riga, 2020); Kunsthalle Z\u00fcrich (2020); Hamlet (Z\u00fcrich, 2020) and Galerie Kirchgasse (Steckborn, 2020). In 2020, Sile was a recipient of the Werkschau Prize Z\u00fcrich and in 2021, of the art stipend City of Z\u00fcrich. In October, S\u012ble completed a two-month residency at ISCP New York provided by Kim? Contemporary Art Centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information about Kim?s presentation and available works please contact El\u012bna Dr\u0101ke: email elina.drake@kim.lv or phone + 371 29147500.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NADA Miami 2022 Ice Palace Studios, 1400 North Miami Avenue November 30\u2013December 3, 2022 Booth 6.03 For NADA Miami 2022, Kim? is proud to present a solo booth with new works by Riga-born, Z\u00fcrich-based artist Elza S\u012ble (b.1989). In Elza S\u012ble\u2019s work, didactic ideological system(s) are masked by and presented as seductive images […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kim-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kim.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LV_ID_EU_logo_ansamblis_ERAF_RGB.jpeg\"){kind=logo}
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