Nour el Saleh, Benjamin Orlow

A thousand good mornings

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  • 💙 Des Bains
  • 💚 Maria Valeria Biondo
  • đŸ–€ Nour el Saleh, Benjamin Orlow
  • 💜 Maria Valeria Biondo
  • 💛 Ben Westoby, showpickle, Gilles Adamson Semple

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General view
General view
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm  Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm  Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, Detail
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, Detail
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm  Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Nour El Saleh, Untitled, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x190 cm
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2023 Bronze, shoe polish 41x23x13 cm
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Benjamin Orlow, Ritual City, 2024 Clay, graphite, wood, tarp Dimensions variable
Nour El Saleh, Tampered Sundial, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x155 cm
Nour El Saleh, Tampered Sundial, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x155 cm
Nour El Saleh, Tampered Sundial, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x155 cm
Nour El Saleh, Tampered Sundial, 2024 Oil on Canvas 210x155 cm
A work never feels truly finished. A Thousand Good Mornings presents two paintings by Nour El Saleh and two sculptural works by Benjamin Orlow. Compositions not obviously related but distributed in space and revealing one common feature: holes. Hung on the walls and laying on the floor are sets of visual documentations. A nose-line, a mandible protruding, the shape of a throat. A multitude of fingers insinuating an uncanny gesture. A gaze – a sense of belonging. Hollows, body parts, roofs, and disparate architectures. Each reference acting as a mirror of the other. Leading us into an unexpected set of correspondences. A greasy thick hair whorl. Figures, made of clay, wood, bronze and paint engender sculptural prototypes within fictional homes. Weirdly familiar – universally recognisable.
Maria Valeria Biondo

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