Darren Almond: A Distant Silence
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (Bleibtreustrasse 45)
Charlottenburg | Berlin | GermanyTestifying to Almond’s longstanding preoccupation with abstract ideas of time, space, history and memory, this exhibition considers how these concepts relate and intersect. Drawing on the vastness of nature, the cosmos, and cycles of existence, new paintings from the artist’s ‘Mono-Lith’ and ‘Counter’ series are on view, alongside one of his ‘Train Plates’.
The exhibition takes its title from a further work in the exhibition. Made of bronze and belonging to Almond’s ‘Train Plate’ series, A Distant Silence, 2022, refers in part to John Cage’s 1952 composition 4’33’’ and, by association, to the significance of space and silence in Japanese culture. The work’s aged patina and wistful inscription calls to mind an omnipresent silence which alludes to the weight of contemporary politics and information overload in the digital age.
What unites these diverse works is a profound interest in the vastness of the universe, both earthly and celestial. These landscapes cannot be captured in traditional images. Rather, it is in darkness, in the silence between notes, that we become attuned to the timeframe of the natural world.
Testifying to Almond’s longstanding preoccupation with abstract ideas of time, space, history and memory, this exhibition considers how these concepts relate and intersect. Drawing on the vastness of nature, the cosmos, and cycles of existence, new paintings from the artist’s ‘Mono-Lith’ and ‘Counter’ series are on view, alongside one of his ‘Train Plates’.
The exhibition takes its title from a further work in the exhibition. Made of bronze and belonging to Almond’s ‘Train Plate’ series, A Distant Silence, 2022, refers in part to John Cage’s 1952 composition 4’33’’ and, by association, to the significance of space and silence in Japanese culture. The work’s aged patina and wistful inscription calls to mind an omnipresent silence which alludes to the weight of contemporary politics and information overload in the digital age.
What unites these diverse works is a profound interest in the vastness of the universe, both earthly and celestial. These landscapes cannot be captured in traditional images. Rather, it is in darkness, in the silence between notes, that we become attuned to the timeframe of the natural world.
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Galerie Max Hetzler is presenting the solo exhibition A Distant Silence with new works by Darren Almond at Bleibtreustraße 45, in Berlin.
