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until 19.07. | #4712ARTatBerlin | Galerie alexander levy shows from 13 June 2025 the exhibition Zucker by the artist Felix Kiessling.
alexander levy presents Zucker, a solo exhibition by Felix Kiessling. The exhibition comprises three groups of works – Work (2025), You (2025) and Seating (2025) – and examines the body as a permeable, affective medium that inscribes itself into its surroundings. In this context, fixed boundaries between self and space are questioned and the subtle dialogue between material presence, memory and socially constructed frames of perception are made visible.
In Arbeit (2025), raw aluminium plates are altered by a biochemical corrosion reaction between the metal surface and bodily fluids. Chemically treated condensation water – collected by the artist himself, his partner and his son – is applied to the aluminium with the help of textiles. Some works show indefinable traces of endogenous salts and acids that have been deposited over time. The resulting organic forms elude conscious design and appear as direct traces of physical proximity and touch.
Du (2025) is a thermal imaging camera installation in the form of a bathroom mirror. It invites us to reflect beyond the external appearance by capturing invisible processes such as circulation, warmth and physical flow. The work reveals the instability of physical form and offers a meditation on materiality and the transience of the body.
Seating (2025) and Mono Bench (2025), created in collaboration with furniture designer Frederik Fialin, consist of two sculptural seats that can be used by visitors. One of them integrates a found object and reinterprets Berlin concrete benches from the 1960s. The other is based on the same principles of usefulness, reproducibility and durability, but is transformed into a new material aesthetic. The raw aluminium contact surfaces react in the course of use, reinforcing the exhibition’s focus on physical presence, physical traces and the interplay between man and material.
In a reality characterised by digital interfaces and artificial structures, Zucker offers a direct encounter with the body as a catalyst and medium – a grounding experience in the physical and chemical processes of life.
Vernissage: Friday, 13 July, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition dates: Friday, 13 July – Saturday, 19 July 2025
Image caption title: Courtesy by the artist, Felix Kiessling.
Exhibition Felix Kiessling – Galerie alexander levy | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien – ART at Berlin
