Grasp the Mountains Then Let Them Go
Guild Gallery•Apr 24, 2025 — Jun 21, 2025
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Guild Gallery is pleased to present Grasp the Mountains Then Let Them Go, the second solo exhibition by French Basque Country - based artist Ludmilla Balkis, known for her minimalist sculptures that explore the tension between stillness and movement, nature and the built environment. This latest body of work reimagines one of her most technically demanding forms, ‘Hodei’ — a wide mouth unfurling from a slender cylindrical base — in an all - white palette achieved through bold experiments with glazes and textures derived from foraged natural materials. These sculptures push the limits of structure and materiality, redefining what ceramics can achieve.
“Where Stasis, Balkis’s first exhibition at the gallery, explored balance between motion and idleness, Grasp the Mountains Then Let Them Go reaches further, testing the outermost edges of what clay can do,” says Robin Standefer, Guild Gallery founder and curator. “With extraordinary patience and an...More
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Grasp the Mountains Then Let Them Go
Guild Gallery•Apr 24, 2025 — Jun 21, 2025
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Guild Gallery is pleased to present Grasp the Mountains Then Let Them Go, the second solo exhibition by French Basque Country - based artist Ludmilla Balkis, known for her minimalist sculptures that explore the tension between stillness and movement, nature and the built environment. This latest body of work reimagines one of her most technically demanding forms, ‘Hodei’ — a wide mouth unfurling from a slender cylindrical base — in an all - white palette achieved through bold experiments with glazes and textures derived from foraged natural materials. These sculptures push the limits of structure and materiality, redefining what ceramics can achieve.
“Where Stasis, Balkis’s first exhibition at the gallery, explored balance between motion and idleness, Grasp the Mountains Then Let Them Go reaches further, testing the outermost edges of what clay can do,” says Robin Standefer, Guild Gallery founder and curator. “With extraordinary patience and an...More
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