DISSOLVEMENT

September 8 - 15, 2023

Wadström Tönnheim Gallery — guest curation

The Empty Circle is pleased to host Wadström Tönnheim Gallery for their group exhibition running September 8 – September 15th, 2023  

Opening Reception September 8th, 6 - 9pm

For more information contact:

Mattias Tönnheim +46 704-411914 or mattias@wadstromtonnheim.se / Follow on Instagram

The gallery is open Tuesday - Sunday, 2-6pm or by appointment.

Email mariana@emptycirclespace.com for inquiries

This group exhibition “Dissolvement” is curated by the Swedish gallerist and collector Mattias Tönnheim from Wadström Tönnheim Gallery, based in Marbella, Spain. The theme of the exhibition focuses on the concept of “when and where does a motive start or stop being a motive” and shows works from eight artists from five different countries .

Participating artists: MATIAS DI CARLO (Argentina/Spain) presenting sculptures in aluminum, CLAUDIA DORING BAEZ (Mexico/US) presenting paintings on canvas, ANGELA CHINA (US) presenting paintings on canvas, DANIEL FLEUR (Sweden) presenting paintings on panel, ELLEN FRANCES (US) presenting paintings on canvas, LINDSAY NOBEL (US) presenting sculptures in bronze , TAKUMA TANAKA (JAPAN) presenting paintings on canvas , JOHAN WAHLSTROM (Sweden) presenting paintings on canvas 

– “I’m truly happy and honored to be able to present this fantastic line-up of intriguing artists and grateful for the support from Empty Circle and local friends in New York City. Regarding the theme “dissolvement” and the never ending, and sometimes futile, discussable concept of “abstract and figurative”. I have had several discussions with both artists and colleagues but also from conversations with people that are not from the art world about “where do we draw the line? In my opinion it is not always relevant, and personally I prefer the terminology figurative versus non-figurative. Considering that “what is abstract and not abstract” is many times a question of more philosophical nature.” —- Mattias Tönnheim collector and curator from Wadström Tönnheim Gallery. 

Dissolvement (usually uncountable, plural dissolvements) 

The process of dissolving; dissolution.  

Other forms: dissolved; dissolving; dissolves 

To dissolve something is to break it up or weaken it, making it no longer recognizable. You could dissolve your book club or you could even dissolve a pill by dropping it into a glass of water. You can use the verb dissolve to describe things that are coming apart or diminishing. Dissolve goes back to the Latin root dissolvere, meaning "to loosen," and it came into English in the 14th century. Physical objects dissolve, as when bubbles dissolve in the tub or a cube of sugar will dissolve in hot tea, and intangible, or non-physical, things can fade away too:  "Their friendship started to dissolve when he moved across country and they communicated less frequently." (source “the Internet”)

Wadström Tönnheim Gallery’s mission is to examine the idea of the painterly, be it also through related media such as photography, sculpture, installations, video and drawing, in order to understand and to promote the direction of painting and its relevance to contemporary visual culture. WTG is owned and operated by Mattias Tönnheim.