SHAPES - Beyond Geometry

Show & Culture

“My life is made up of squares, triangles and lines” – Vera Molnár What do shapes reveal about the world around us? Present in nature, mathematics, science and art, shapes form a universal language. SHAPES - Beyond Geometry explores form as process, language and experience, between order and chance, stability and mutation, calculation and intuition. The exhibition brings together works that question the many ways in which the world is constructed and made perceptible, from mineral crystals to soap bubbles, from algorithms to light. The figures of Vera Molnár and François Morellet anchor the project in the legacy of geometric abstraction, alongside contemporary artists including Justine Blau, Attila Csörgő, Marina Gadonneix, Matthew Gardiner, Ulysse Lacoste, Manon Lanjouère, Catherine Liechti, Adrien Lucca, Robert Turner Collective, Bruno Teheux, Hugo Parlier, Els Vermang and Laure Winants. Through installations, sculptures, photographs and videos, the exhibition addresses ecology, the Anthropocene and the hybridisation of analogue and digital media.