From The Field

The exhibition "From The Field" at Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, features works by Sarah Pillen. The artist draws inspiration from the mountainous region in southern Spain where she has lived since 2011, focusing on the sparse landscape of almond and olive trees, dry soil, and the wind.

Pillen describes her practice as working within this environment, engaging in walking, returning, and waiting. She gathers small elements, tones, and traces, which she then releases in her studio through painting and textile work. The exhibition explores the interplay between presence and absence, the visible and the sensed, with forms emerging and dissolving within the creative process.