NYAB Event - Johan Tahon "Almond"

Johan Tahon "Almond"

Envoy Enterprises (87 Rivington St.)

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envoy enterprises presents Almond, the gallery’s second solo exhibition with Belgian artist Johan Tahon.

Presenting a brand new body of work created in the past year, the figurative sculptures in the exhibition are made from glazed ceramic and explore the vulnerability of the human body as it appears to be turned inside out. Various in scale and mostly white with some subtle touches of colored glaze, the works are presented either directly on the floor or on raw, unpainted pedestals. The interplay of glazed and raw surfaces confront the viewer with the thin line between beauty and deformation.

Speaking about the work the artist formulates: “At the foundation of my sculptures lies a painful but everlasting desire. The sculptures originate from an existential experience of pain, of sudden solitude, an unceasing feeling of want, an eternal void that can never be completely filled.”

Johan Tahon was born in 1965 in Menen, Belgium. He completed his studies in sculpture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. He lives and works in the region around Oudenaarde, Belgium.