*Discoveries
Christopher Aque
For Gallery Weekend *Discoveries, Sweetwater will present Christopher Aque’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Through sculpture, photography, and video, Christopher Aque’s work explores the connections of power structures and dynamics to notions of desire and sexuality. Public space is often the site of these investigations, expressing the inherent vulnerability of private desire.
Ebb, 2021
UV-C exposed gum bichromate prints on paper in acrylic and linen passe-partout frame
51 x 71 x 3.6 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Photo: Diana Pfammatter
Flow, 2021
UV-C exposed gum bichromate prints on paper in acrylic and linen passe-partout frame
51 x 71 x 3.6 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Photo: Diana Pfammatter
Gallery Weekend Berlin Where do you come from, what should we know about you and your background?
Christopher Aque I live in New York, a city full of contradictions.
GWB What was the inspiration for your current body of worrk?
CA A year spent in isolation, fearing contagion, fearing the air, fearing proximity. Also the joy of getting close to strangers, of sharing breath.
GWB Could you describe your upcoming exhibition in a few words/images? What can we expect to see?
CA Two kiln-formed glass fountains exchange water: swapping spit, always washing up. Six pairs of photographs: the intimacy of strangers, the ebb and flow of the tide.
Ebb, 2021 [Detail]
UV-C exposed gum bichromate prints on paper in acrylic and linen passe-partout frame
51 x 71 x 3.6 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Photo: Diana Pfammatter
GWB Are there any particular visual reference you like to point out?
GWB What is the right soundtrack for your exhibition?
GWB Besides your show, what are you looking forward to around the upcoming Gallery Weekend Discoveries?
CA Crossing an ocean.