Duo Show

The exhibition "Duo Show" at Esther Verhaeghe, Brussels, features works by Martina Geccelli and Clem Crosby. Geccelli's ceramic sculptures are characterized by an embrace of the clay's unpredictability, where breaking and rejoining parts lead to ordered chaos. Recognizable forms morph into abstraction and back, with lines and forms intentionally open to the clay's malleability, resulting in sculptures that appear as vulnerable drawings, evoking heads or architectural elements.

Crosby's work also engages with line, creating an armature in the process. Similar to Geccelli, recognizable forms emerge and recede, marked by moments of intensity. His paintings can evoke abstract and representational associations, with one piece referencing Lyotard's concept of postmodernism and the freedom it offers artists to combine high and low culture. Both artists explore form and spatial tension, often removing functional associations from objects and focusing on the concept of emergence, with their differences creating a dynamic interplay.