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It appears to be solid

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The sculptures in* It appears to be solid* are assembled from objects as ordinary as the Earth is round. Some objects are explicitly mundane, like a shower head, others less so, like the unnameable rims, funnels and welded bits of metal. We know we’ve seen these objects before although we cannot exactly remember where, just like we know that the Earth spins around the Sun although we can’t exactly explain why.

Astronomers constructed devices and models such as astrolabes, telescopes or loxocosms to explain why. Costabile’s sculptures recall the forms of these instruments — their spheres, orbits, and upright postures — though they do not explain anything. Looking at them, we’re not even sure if the world that they refer to even has moons or stars.

Historically, the materiality of astronomical instruments — stone, metal, wood — was less important than the immaterial forces of the universe they measured or modelled. In Costabile’s sculptures, air, light and planetary...More expand_more

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SOLO EXHIBITION

It appears to be solid

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The sculptures in* It appears to be solid* are assembled from objects as ordinary as the Earth is round. Some objects are explicitly mundane, like a shower head, others less so, like the unnameable rims, funnels and welded bits of metal. We know we’ve seen these objects before although we cannot exactly remember where, just like we know that the Earth spins around the Sun although we can’t exactly explain why.

Astronomers constructed devices and models such as astrolabes, telescopes or loxocosms to explain why. Costabile’s sculptures recall the forms of these instruments — their spheres, orbits, and upright postures — though they do not explain anything. Looking at them, we’re not even sure if the world that they refer to even has moons or stars.

Historically, the materiality of astronomical instruments — stone, metal, wood — was less important than the immaterial forces of the universe they measured or modelled. In Costabile’s sculptures, air, light and planetary...More expand_more

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61 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009 Paris, France
View all exhibitions in... Paris, FR
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Through Jun 04, 2025
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