Tala and Chicago Manual Style are proud to present “Iceberg Process 5” , a solo exhibition by Pierre Alexandre Savriacouty

Opening this Friday, June 28th 6-9PM

“Iceberg Process 5” will be Pierre-Alexandre’s first solo exhibition in the US. Delving into ancestral myth and the spiritual symbolism present within material histories, Savriacouty’s work navigates themes of disappearance, memory, and identity. Guided by a series of sculptures the artist terms ‘anchors,’ assemblages made from deconstructed chandeliers that combine found industrial and natural materials selected for their ability to float or sink when submerged in water, Iceberg Process 5 presents the fifth iteration of Savriacouty’s poetic attempts to recall the past.

Straddling stability and precarity, the artist’s approach to installation navigates real and imagined gateways and portals—dragonflies belong to the world of air, but dance on the surface of water; chandeliers within domestic spaces mark the transition between day (off) and night (on). Drawn to
funerary rites and narratives of the afterlife, as told in ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian myth, Savriacouty grafts elements varying interests that stem from the cyclical nature of time onto the seductive, hypnotic surfaces of his multimedia assemblages. Incorporating the scientific naming conventions used to identify and track the movement of icebergs as a metaphor for the psychic potential of objects, the exhibition engages with conventional territorial and cognitive frameworks through recent sculpture, performance, and newly commissioned installations.

The exhibition will feature a performance by the artist accompanied by Barédu Ahmed (@bsa.gold) – performance date to be announced.

Pierre-Alexandre Savriacouty (b. 1993 France, lives/works in Paris)
has exhibited at the Monnaie de Paris (2023), Centre d’Art
Contemporain Chanot (2022), the Biennale Internationale de Saint
Paul de Vence (2021), and the Frac Ile-de-France, Château de Rentilly
(2020). He recently completed participation in a research program
for socially engaged practice presented jointly by the Centre
Pompidou (Paris), HKW (Berlin), and the Centre de Cultura
Contemporània (Barcelona). He is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris and the École des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier, where he worked for director and writer Rodrigo Garcia.

Iceberg Process 5 is curated by Stephanie Cristello (Director / Curator, Chicago Manual Style) and organized by Francine Almeda (Founder / Director, Tala). The exhibition was made possible by generous support provided by Villa Albertine (@villa.albertine), Les Amis des Beaux-Arts de Paris (@amisdesbeauxartsdeparis) and is the result of the SARR Prize, funded by the SARR Collection (@sarrcollection), awarded to the artist in 2021.

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