Galerie Eva Presenhuber is pleased to host fellow Swiss gallery Weiss Falk and their exhibition Found Refined Refound, a group show extending from the material investigation of six artists from Weiss Falk’s orbit: Timothée Calame, Klara Lidén, Lorenza Longhi, Daniele Milvio, Sveta Mordovskaya, and Urban Zellweger.
By taking on found objects and developing formulas to deal with those objects, each artist develops a unique approach to the object trouvé. These interventions are updates on ongoing considerations within each practice, and become strategies by repetition of process. On the occasion of this exhibition, Eva Presenhuber’s New York space will also be occupied by Weiss Falk’s gallerists and their pop-up art cinema Kino Süd.
Kino Süd, originally initiated in 2016 as an experimental cinema and part of Timothée Calame‘s exhibition in Weiss Falk’s Basel space, will take over the downstairs gallery for a series of screenings throughout March. As such, this space will oscillate between an extension of the exhibition as well as a screening room, with 2-3 evening programs each week organized by Weiss Falk and a host of artists, curators, and friends of the gallery.
New sculptures by Lorenza Longhi (*1991 in Lecco, IT) will act as signage for the theater. She offers two additional bodies of work for this exhibition. Longhi’s silk-screened paintings will be on view alongside her handmade Camellias spy cameras.
Timothée Calame’s (*1991 in Geneva, CH) four panels on view are recuperated from the streets of Marseilles where the artist lives and works. After the surfaces are flattened, he applies letters from his collection of Letraset sheets – the ancestor of InDesign. While these works bear slight dimensionality, they float between the categories of wall-bound sculpture, readymades, and painting. One such painting will hang downstairs and function as the screen for the gallery-turned-theater. Klara Lidén’s (*1979 in Stockholm, SE) seating arrangement will also be set to use for Kino Süd’s audience members. These benches and table tops are also on view in the mainspace, constructed with the twofold function as sculpture and furniture.
The multifarious output of Daniele Milvio (*1988 in Genoa, IT) found a new avenue at the tail end of summer 2021 when the artist discovered a defunct snakeskin processing factory. At first he sought to create pure abstractions on top of the sad, discarded skins, but began following the natural patterning and evoking forms in accordance with the scales. In doing so, Milvio developed a process of finding his compositions rather than creating them. Sveta Mordovskaya (*1989 in Ulan-Ude, RU) also contends with inherited materials, producing assemblages towing the line between nest and grave. The former denotes a developmental stage, one full of potentiality, while the latter confronts inertia or else the possibility of an afterlife. Two of Mordovskaya’s wall works will also be on view in the exhibition, countering the loose floor compilations with confined, wooden structures and forms.
In seeking an alternative to the extensively historicized oil on canvas, Urban Zellweger (*1991 in Zurich, CH) repurposes pizza boxes as the surfaces for his paint. While previous contributions to this series (some of which are on view in this exhibition) have seen the use of modestly sized boxes, Zellweger will leverage the American context: bigger is better! The larger scale in combination with new pizza shop imagery provides a new basis for pictorial exploration, as Zellweger activates the found background within his compositions.
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Timothée Calame
S.O.M.M.C.C. - In vague terms (4)
2023
Letraset, letratone and paper on enameled
panel
190 x 120 x 5 cm
74 3/4 x 47 1/4 x 2 inches
Courtesy the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel / Zurich
© Timothée Calame
Lorenza Longhi
But who is she?
2023
Fabric, brooch, spy camera, glass, paint, glue, plastic; SD Card
20 x 6 x 6 cm / 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Flavio Karrer
Lorenza Longhi
Eyeballs
2023
Fabric, brooch, spy camera, glass, paint, glue, plastic; SD Card
Approx. 20 x 6 x 6 cm / 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Flavio Karrer
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox XL
2022
Oil on primed cardboard
34 x 33 x 3.5 cm / 13 3/8 x 13 x 1 3/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Daniele Milvio
Senza titolo
2022
Deadstock dyed snakeskin
91 x 99 x 2 cm / 35 7/8 x 39 x 7/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Daniele Milvio
Lubricissimo
2022
Deadstock dyed snakeskin
80 x 61.5 x 2.2 cm
31 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 7/8 inches
Courtesy the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel / Zurich
© Daniele Milvio
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox XLII
2022
Oil on primed cardboard
31 x 31 x 3 cm / 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Sveta Mordovskaya
Snow (Blood)
2023
Papier-mâché, plaster, clay, metal, straw, latex and found objects
20 x 160 x 130 cm / 7 7/8 x 63 x 51 1/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Lorenza Longhi
Untitled (Red Moods)
2023
Silkscreen print on fabric mounted on wood panel, aluminum and screws
180 x 140 x 2.5 cm / 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 1 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Daniele Milvio
Il Capostipite Di Se
2023
Glass eye, chestnut orchard, branch, glass bottle and sand
117 x 38 x 48 cm / 46 1/8 x 15 x 18 7/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Lorenza Longhi
Untitled (Lilac Moods)
2023
Silkscreen print on fabric mounted on wood panel, aluminum and screws
180 x 140 x 2.5 cm / 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 1 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Sveta Mordovskaya
Snow (Home)
2023
Papier-mâché, plaster, clay, metal, straw, latex and found objects
40 x 135 x 110 cm / 15 3/4 x 53 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Timothée Calame
S.O.M.M.C.C. - In vague terms (3)
2023
Letraset, letratone and paper on enameled
panel
190 x 120 x 5 cm
74 3/4 x 47 1/4 x 2 inches
Courtesy the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel / Zurich
© Timothée Calame
Lorenza Longhi
Kin* Sign
2023
Acrylic projecting sign, playing cards, adhesive tape, glue, signal light
15 x 20 x 11 cm / 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Lorenza Longhi
Kin* Sign
2023
Acrylic projecting sign, playing cards, adhesive tape, glue, signal light
15 x 20 x 11 cm / 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Daniele Milvio
Verona Beach
2023
Glass eye, chestnut orchard, branch, glass bottle and sand
114 x 50 x 25 cm / 44 7/8 x 19 5/8 x 9 7/8 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Timothée Calame
S.O.M.M.C.C. - In vague terms (5)
2023
Letraset, letratone and paper on enameled
panel
120 x 190 x 5 cm / 47 1/4 x 74 3/4 x 2 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Pierre Girardin
Sveta Mordovskaya
Snow (Sex)
2023
Papier-mâché, plaster, clay, metal, straw, latex and found objects
94 x 142 x 134 cm / 37 x 55 7/8 x 52 3/4 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Lorenza Longhi
Untitled (Flower Moods)
2023
Silkscreen print on fabric mounted on wood panel, aluminum and screws
180 x 140 x 2.5 cm / 70 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 1 in
Courtesy Weiss Falk Gallery and the artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Klara Lidén
Untitled
2014
Wood, spraypaint, fastners and galvanized pipe
75 x 221 x 203 cm / 29 1/2 x 87 x 79 7/8 in
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Joerg Lohse
Klara Lidén
Untitled
2015
Spraypaint, plastic jug, electrical socket, bulb and wire
40 x 36 x 28 cm / 15 3/4 x 14 1/8 x 11 in
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Joerg Lohse
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox XLIII
2022
Oil on primed cardboard
32 x 33 x 3 cm / 12 5/8 x 13 x 1 1/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Daniele Milvio
Marina Grande
2022
Deadstock dyed snakeskin
136 x 97 x 2 cm / 53 1/2 x 38 1/4 x 7/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Daniele Milvio
Cella Liscia
2023
Glass eye, chestnut orchard, branch, glass bottle and sand
123 x 97 x 26 cm / 48 3/8 x 38 1/4 x 10 1/4 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Daniele Milvio
Mattatoio (25/5/2022)
2022
Deadstock dyed snakeskin
109 x 85 x 2 cm / 42 7/8 x 33 1/2 x 7/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Klara Lidén
Untitled (Lamp)
2020
Spraypaint, plastic jug, electrical socket, bulb and wire cord
40 x 25 x 25 cm / 15 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Joerg Lohse
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox XLVIII
2023
Oil on primed cardboard
51 x 51 x 5 cm / 20 x 20 x 2 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox LI
2023
Oil on primed cardboard
50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm
20 x 20 x 2 inches
Courtesy the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel / Zurich
© Urban Zellweger
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox L
2023
Oil on primed cardboard
51 x 51 x 5 cm / 20 x 20 x 2 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Timothée Calame
Untitled (Screen)
2023
Acrylic on enameled panel
120 x 190 x 5 cm / 47 1/4 x 74 3/4 x 2 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Daniele Milvio
Casal Buttato
2023
Glass eye, chestnut orchard, branch, glass bottle and sand
116 x 97 x 39 cm / 45 5/8 x 38 1/4 x 15 3/8 in
© the artist
Photo: Matt Grubb
Klara Lidén
Untitled
2014
Wood, spraypaint, fastners and galvanized pipe
75 x 502 x 202 cm / 29 1/2 x 197 5/8 x 79 1/2 in
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Joerg Lohse
Lorenza Longhi
The Obsession
2023
Fabric, brooch, spy camera, glass, paint,
glue, plastic; SD Card
20 x 6 x 6 cm
7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches
Courtesy the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel / Zurich
© Lorenza Longhi
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox XLI
2022
Oil on primed cardboard
49 x 49 x 4.5 cm / 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox XLXI
2023
Oil on primed cardboard
51 x 51 x 5 cm / 20 x 20 x 2 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Sveta Mordovskaya
Johannes de Silentio
2022
Wood, doll, papier-mâché and ropes
85 x 50 x 13 cm / 33 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 5 1/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Daniele Milvio
Marina piccolissima
2022
Deadstock dyed snakeskin
45 x 80 x 2 cm / 17 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 7/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Daniele Milvio
La costa e bordeaux
2022
Deadstock dyed snakeskin
88 x 38.5 x 2 cm / 34 5/8 x 15 1/8 x 7/8 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
Sveta Mordovskaya
Untitled (you know)
2022
Wood and doll
102 x 65 x 21 cm
40 1/8 x 25 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches
Courtesy the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel / Zurich
© Sveta Mordovskaya
Urban Zellweger
Pizzabox LII
2023
Oil on primed cardboard
51 x 51 x 5 cm / 20 x 20 x 2 in
Weiss Falk Gallery and the Artist
© the artist
Photo: Gina Folly
