Station: [58] Olga Balema, Loop 1A, Loop 34A, Loop 15A, Loop 7A, 2024


Balema bends industrially produced materials into almost structureless forms, only just visible as sculptures, hovering loosely above the ground. Minimal in design, they are made without additional aids and appear in performative formation depending on the artist’s operations. The boundaries between interior and exterior are fluid; they unfold as if of their own accord, without clear edges or distinct shadows. As if they had settled only temporarily in the natural world, their materialisation implies the possibilities of change.

Olga Balema

Loop 1A, Loop 34A, Loop 15A, Loop 7A, 2024

Courtesy of the artist; Trautwein Herleth, Berlin; Bridget Donahue, New York; Croy Nielsen, Vienna; Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam; Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles

© Stiftung Skulpturenpark Köln, 2024, Photo: Mareike Tocha