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The British artist Mark Leckey invites visitors into the heart of an exhibition unfolding around the ecstatic—that transportive state beyond the individual self.
The gathered works recall unusual experiences and encounters that the artist has had, through which he became disoriented by the intense feelings they aroused. The title As Above So Below is borrowed from the Emerald Tablet, a foundational text in western alchemy, first attested around the 7th to 9th century. This expression implies a permanent relationship between the cosmos and the earthly world, the animate and inanimate, the visible and invisible.
Mark Leckey strives to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary through his work, showing how music, dance, or the city at large can be vectors for experiencing the sublime. A highway bridge, a bus shelter, road-safety adverts, street-lamps, or an amusement park become, in his eyes, portals t…
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The British artist Mark Leckey invites visitors into the heart of an exhibition unfolding around the ecstatic—that transportive state beyond the individual self.
The gathered works recall unusual experiences and encounters that the artist has had, through which he became disoriented by the intense feelings they aroused. The title As Above So Below is borrowed from the Emerald Tablet, a foundational text in western alchemy, first attested around the 7th to 9th century. This expression implies a permanent relationship between the cosmos and the earthly world, the animate and inanimate, the visible and invisible.
Mark Leckey strives to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary through his work, showing how music, dance, or the city at large can be vectors for experiencing the sublime. A highway bridge, a bus shelter, road-safety adverts, street-lamps, or an amusement park become, in his eyes, portals t…
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