Paul Noble's 'The Declining Figure' at Caterina Tognon, Venice

Paul Noble's solo exhibition 'The Declining Figure' at Caterina Tognon Arte Contemporanea in Venice runs from May 7 to September 5, 2026. The show presents drawings, sculptures, and the monumental embroidered screen 'NEST' (2004), engaging in a dialogue with Henry Moore, forty years after his death. Noble subverts Moore's iconic 'Reclining Figures' into 'Declining Figures,' reflecting ecological crisis and human fragility. The exhibition includes works like 'Candle Clock,' where candle wax consumption visualizes time's passage. 'NEST,' modeled on oriental screens, combines embroidery, appliqué, intarsia, and beads, depicting a wool nest with an egg on a dead tree, oscillating between birth and ruin. Noble's practice emphasizes vulnerability and transformation over monumentality, resonating with the gallery's focus on craftsmanship.