The bizarre space of complex numbers
Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg•Nov 29, 2025 — Feb 01, 2026
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The bizarre space of complex numbers
Olga Balema’s work considers sculptural form as open, changeable, and processual. It emphasizes sculpture’s relatedness with external, uncontrollable factors, as well as with itself, its inner logic and temporality. Recently, Balema has sought ways for work to be created out of its own functioning, and for the possibility of something new to arise from reiteration and repetition. It is in this same spirit that The bizarre space of complex numbers, Balema’s solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, presents itself as a sort of return of the artist to existing works, which are being reconfigured and modified on site. Occupying horizontal or slanting planes, the works seem to counteract the idea of sculptural monumentality, acting from below or from a slightly crooked position instead.
Balema’s ongoing work with elastic bands exhibits a spare materiali…
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The bizarre space of complex numbers
Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg•Nov 29, 2025 — Feb 01, 2026
Press Release
The bizarre space of complex numbers
Olga Balema’s work considers sculptural form as open, changeable, and processual. It emphasizes sculpture’s relatedness with external, uncontrollable factors, as well as with itself, its inner logic and temporality. Recently, Balema has sought ways for work to be created out of its own functioning, and for the possibility of something new to arise from reiteration and repetition. It is in this same spirit that The bizarre space of complex numbers, Balema’s solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, presents itself as a sort of return of the artist to existing works, which are being reconfigured and modified on site. Occupying horizontal or slanting planes, the works seem to counteract the idea of sculptural monumentality, acting from below or from a slightly crooked position instead.
Balema’s ongoing work with elastic bands exhibits a spare materiali…
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