Resistance

Producing installations and sculptures that engage the boundaries of physical reality, Alicja Kwade challenges our modes of perception by utilising different fields of knowledge, such as physics, philosophy, and astronomy, in her work. She is interested in universal concepts like gravity, movement, balance, and time that shape the relationships the human body forges with the world in which it lives. "Resistance" is an installation made of stone and glass, two materials Alicja Kwade often uses in her practice. By combining these two materials, Kwade articulates two different connotations of the idea of resistance; one of these belongs to the field of physics, the other to politics. Stone, seen from both a historical perspective and across different geographies, is the unchanging tool of street resistance against state oppression. Kwade’s sculptural installation, resembling a barricade made of glass, implies the fragility and tension inherent in the act of resistance.

"What Time Is It?", exhibition view, Arter, 2019.