The New York-based artist wants to push materials to their limits.
Kate BrownAugust 6, 2024
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Belgrade-born, New York-based artist Ivana Bašić has a sculpture in Berlin that seems to be breathing. Technically, it is. Taking up a large portion of the top floor at Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin, an octagonally-shaped and exquisitely ornate space, the kinetic sculpture sighs and heaves in a pattern that is timed to the artist's own breath. As it inhales and exhales, the sculpture's pneumatic hammers pound down on a centerpiece of the work, an alabaster stone piece, that disintegrates bit by bit, under pressure. When I was in the gallery, soft white dust was gently falling to the marble floor. This metaphoric heart will be whittled away by the time the show closes in September.
