I'M WAITING TO BE SEEN Claudia Roth
ELEVEN TEN STUDIO•Jun 11, 2026 — Jun 21, 2026
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What happens to an artwork once it no longer belongs to the artist, but has not yet been claimed by the world?
Between completion and encounter, works enter an extended, largely unacknowledged phase. They move through systems of storage, logistics, and valuation, remaining outside visibility for prolonged periods of time. A large body of Roth’s paintings has existed in precisely this condition for years, stacked, wrapped, and effectively invisible. With the artist’s passing, this state has only intensified. Despite their presence, the works remain suspended.
This exhibition draws part of the work out of this suspension without fully resolving it. Instead, it transfers the paintings into another kind of in-between space, a space of possibility between visibility and withdrawal, presence and absence. A condition in which the works are not fully released, but only momentarily encountered. Shifting. Reappearing. Never entirely fixed.
As Walter Benjamin suggested, the presence of a work is…
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I'M WAITING TO BE SEEN Claudia Roth
ELEVEN TEN STUDIO•Jun 11, 2026 — Jun 21, 2026
Press Release
What happens to an artwork once it no longer belongs to the artist, but has not yet been claimed by the world?
Between completion and encounter, works enter an extended, largely unacknowledged phase. They move through systems of storage, logistics, and valuation, remaining outside visibility for prolonged periods of time. A large body of Roth’s paintings has existed in precisely this condition for years, stacked, wrapped, and effectively invisible. With the artist’s passing, this state has only intensified. Despite their presence, the works remain suspended.
This exhibition draws part of the work out of this suspension without fully resolving it. Instead, it transfers the paintings into another kind of in-between space, a space of possibility between visibility and withdrawal, presence and absence. A condition in which the works are not fully released, but only momentarily encountered. Shifting. Reappearing. Never entirely fixed.
As Walter Benjamin suggested, the presence of a work is…






