"Far removed from the numbing speed"
Almine Rech, London

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"Far removed from the numbing speed"
Almine Rech
London, UK
Nov 14 — Dec 20, 2024
"Johan Creten: Far removed from the numbing speed", the artist's solo exhibition, takes place at Almine Rech London, in the heart of the city. Its title is an invitation to get away from the hustle and bustle of our lives and immerse ourselves in a sensitive experience; a kind of pause to disconnect from the incessant commotion and reconnect with art. 

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“In the continuity of the objects he collects, said to be rooted in the old, or even archaic, imagination, Johan Creten injects, with this set of sculptures, a dose of “sacredness” into our mundane lives. By offering us lyrical interludes that reconnect us to the reality of a universal “Whole”, these works restore an existential meaning into the emptiness of the everyday, disorientated by its hyper-connection to the social media's “virtual” theatre. In these times of turmoil and disillusionment, their depth inspires us, day after day, with the creative energy we need to transform ourselves. Did Baudelaire not see in the Symbolist dream of Wagnerian operas “the index of modernity”, in other words, the advent of a new world?”

— David Herman, artistic director and curator

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“Each sculpture is an enigma that can be interpreted as a memento mori or as a codified reflection on the vital force of life, endowed with a truly remarkable inner strength.”
Johan Creten
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