Jáchym Fleig's Baroque Sculptures at RizzutoGallery in Palermo

Jáchym Fleig (born 1970 in Villingen-Schwenningen) presents 'Rise' at RizzutoGallery in Palermo, running until April 30, 2016. The exhibition features biomorphic sculptures made from cement, cardboard, wood, plaster, and polyurethane, created through processes of accumulation, stratification, and subtraction. Fleig describes his work as 'folds that unfold like in the Baroque,' playing with concave-convex forms. The sculptures, resembling hives, active nuclei, or viral bodies, emerge from negative spaces left by molded positive forms. The artist's practice merges nature, plastic form, and architecture, with the works expanding rather than negating the surrounding space. Palermo's 17th-century heritage provides a resonant backdrop, infusing the pieces with eroticism and mourning. The gallery is located at Via Monte Cuccio 30.