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Daniel Firman

DANIEL FIRMAN

Re-enchantment Reflex Amsterdam 18 November 2023–10 February 2024 Amsterdam
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The Mini-Gathering series develops through different subjects and each time introduces a new reading during the exhibitions. Each of them is for Daniel Firman a possibility of offering an observation on our contemporary world through a sentence or even a word around these works. For this exhibition entitled “Re-enchantment” the artist questions our anxieties and concerns which are difficult to remedy.

This new Mini-Gathering series are like mini-scenarios for a slapstick comedy, where the situation seems disastrous and bogged down. The sculptures show unweakened bodies, standing and submerged by various objects and materials, in a sort of rot-proof, almost sticky intertwining. But Daniel Firman’s sculptural work also opens up positive perspectives, forms of rebirth, new contingencies, as the title re-enchantment indicates. These works are ultimately beautiful to see and the materials which usually inflict so much distress on us suddenly become formal and aesthetic promises.

Daniel Firman (1966) - is a French artist working in both Bordeaux and New York. His work has been exhibited, amongst others, at: Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2008), Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy (2009), Kunsthalle Wien, Austria (2012), National Gallery of Australia (2017), Ceysson & Bénétière Gallery, New York, USA (2019) and Reflex Amsterdam (2020)

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Exhibition view: Daniel Firman, Re-enchantment, Reflex Amsterdam, Amsterdam (18 November 2023–10 February 2024). Courtesy Reflex Amsterdam.
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In his sculptures, Firman seeks to construct the presence of such amorphous concepts as time, balance, weight, action, and gravity.

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Reflex is an established gallery representing both upcoming and internationally renowned contemporary artists, including Miles Aldridge, Nobuyoshi Araki, Harland Miller, David LaChapelle, Todd Hido, Daido Moriyama, Iris Schomaker, Keith Coventry, Marcus Harvey and Ichwan Noor.

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Reflex Amsterdam contemporary art gallery in Amsterdam Netherlands
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