Between belief and delusions: Levi van Veluw
Eduardo Secci Firenze is pleased to announce the opening of Levi van Veluw’s solo show “Between belief and delusions”, on Friday, November 19, 2021 (4.00 – 8.00 pm), in Florence (Piazza Carlo Goldoni, 2). The exhibition will be on view until January 15, 2022. The Dutch multi-disciplinary artist presents a new body of clay sculptures in the tradition of Beyond Matter. Within this series of blue polymer works, van Veluw investigates the relation between the rational, the spiritual and the material. By making images of religious artifacts, the artist questions our desire to make faith tangible. As grandson of a pastor, he has been fascinated by rituals since his childhood. In his new exhibition Levi van Veluw sheds light on a specific matter: when does a belief come to a delusion? Within this project, the artist examines and creates a visual vocabulary where the thought is swallowed up by all imagination. His sculptural works aim at provoking to get lost in their illusion. These objects, alluding to those tokens long associated with the spiritual aspects of life, develop a feeling of confusion in the observer who looks at a product of imagination rather than a divine form.
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Levi Van VeluwPillar, 2021Polymer clay, metal mechanics210 x 70 x 70 cms
82 5/8 x 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inchesEdition of 3 (#1/3) -
Levi Van VeluwPlanetary chapel , 2021Polymer clay, metal mechanics51 x 46 x 71 cms
20 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 28 inchesEdition of 3 (#1/3) -
Levi Van VeluwAbacus, 2021Polymer clay, metal mechanics91 x 155 cms
35 7/8 x 61 1/8 inchesEdition of 3 (#1/3) -
Levi Van VeluwEnter the circle, 2021Polymer clay, pigment, metal frame, mechanics69 cm diameter
27 1/8 inEdition of 3 (#1/3) -
Levi Van VeluwCircular compound, 2020Polymer clay, pigment, metal frameDiameter: 180 cm | 70 7/8 in(#1/2)
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Levi Van VeluwRising Sphere, 2021Polymer clay, pigment, metal frame60 x 45 cm
23 5/8 x 17 3/4 inEdition of 10 (#1/10) -
Levi Van VeluwLandscape with hose, 2020Acrylic on Hahnemühle Paper65 x 137 cm
25 5/8 x 54 in -
Levi Van VeluwWedged sphere, 2020Acrylic on Hahnemühle Paper65 x 92 cm
25 5/8 x 36 1/4 in