nn.Pearl, roibe - roiDe (2015-2016)
i.Pearl, Morice de Lisle, and lima Drib, 2015 (flight cases, processed pearls, and silicone), installation view, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana. Photo by: Ela Bialkowska.
The entrance of the gallery is a classic example of a white cube and tries to exemplify the contrasts between production and presentation of the pearls. White flight cases (Lima Drib) refer to VA's history backstage of a performance space. Imprints of Brussels Lacework (Lima Drib) are resulting from experiments with water printing (Água com Gás) and can be considered a typical example of the Mango Discipline. The lacework mimics architectural ground plans of gothic cathedrals and presents the pearls as in a constellation.
i.Pearl, Morice de Lisle, and lima Drib, 2015 (flight cases, processed pearls, and silicone), Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana. Photo by: Ela Bialkowska.
r.Pearl, Morice de Lisle, Délia Sheehy, and lima Drib, 2015 (blue stone, flight cases, and processed pearls), Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana. Photo by: Ela Bialkowska.
impressions (fa.Pearl), Ana Omandichana, and Martaque, 2015 (paper), Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana. Photo by: Ela Bialkowska.
Absence of paint (Ana Omandichana) accentuates the emptiness and is playing with the notion of inaccessibility of a gallery in a tourist town.