This exhibition exploring the intersection of the human body, industrial landscapes, and the “living” machine, features a landmark solo survey of Agustín Fernández on the ground floor, leading to a contemporary dialogue between Jenny Snider and Dorian Gaudin on the second floor.
The exhibition begins with an expansive look at the visceral, precision-based world Fernández. Spanning several decades, this survey tracks the artist’s evolution toward his iconic fusion of the organic and the industrial. His “armature” paintings—characterized by metallic sheens, buckles, and surgical straps—investigate the boundary between human form and mechanical hardware, establishing the psychological and formal foundation for the exhibition.
In the stairwell, a large-scale work on paper by Fernández serves as a conceptual bridge. By stripping the “armature” back to its essential gestural lines, this piece transitions the viewer from the dense materiality of the ground floor toward the open, rhythmic energy of the contemporary works above.