Alicja Kwade

REVOLUTION (Gravitas) evokes micro and macro scales, Platonic geometry and organic form, and terrestrial and celestial matter. The crossing rings are reminiscent both of planetary orbits in space and Niels Bohr’s diagram of the atom, uniting two fields of observation that inform our idea of space and time. These visuals paired with the title playfully suggest the paradigm shift — a revolution — that occurred with Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which proposed not only that time was relative, but that the force of gravity warps spacetime.

Catalogue

View the exhibition catalogue HERE, not available in print.

‘Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space’ transforms Socrates Sculpture Park into a gateway to the universe, presenting artworks that consider space, time, and matter in relationship to celestial entities and earth-bound processes. In the open-air environment of the Long Island City waterfront park, the exhibition uses scale to put the universe in context, creating connection points to space and time.