mono presents “end of day”, an exhibition by Aaron Daem and Guillaume Ehinger, two artists from the latest residency program. Opening on Friday (12), from 18h to 22h Schedule: 12.05.2023 to 14.05.2023 - 15h to 19h mono lisboa - rua feio terenas 31A 1170-176 Lisboa free entry About Aaron’s work: During his spring residency at Mono, Aaron Daem focused on the collision of concept and perception, evoking ideas of embodiment. Addressing the issue of observation, documentation and understanding, Daem made four closet-shaped sculptures, which act as 'repositories' for his process. By using recognizable everyday articles and domestic structures, his work reduces the barrier between art and the experiencing of objects in daily life. The visible preservation of materials such as: nails, scratches and uncovered wood is an important and integral part of his work, pointing to the tactility and form of his sculptures. Focusing on the materiality of language, Daem made in addition a newspaper edition made out from captions and recordings taken from the streets of Lisbon, which is available at the exhibition. About Guillaume’s work: Inspired by twilight, Guillaume Ehinger presents an installation of five paintings at Mono. The specific installation is tied to the connection between light and surface within the space. Through radical pictorial gestures within his work, he questions the relationship of space and time. Therefore, Ehinger uses an abstract language of painting to reduce the landscape to an essential form, searching for the boundary between reality and imagination. Bio notes: Aaron Daem (1993°, Ghent) is a Brussels-based artist from Belgium. His work explores our awareness of physicality in different ways. In doing so, he questions the presentation of (art) objects and the contexts in which they are displayed and perceived. His approach to physics is translated into a practice that focuses on sculpture, anthropology and language. Daem's work pays close attention to the use of ready-made and "poor-quality materials", which he finds in his immediate environment. Next to his own practice, he runs the nomadic artist-run space "Nothing For Free". Guillaume Ehinger (b. 1988) is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Vevey (CH). His practice is a dialogue between sculptures, paintings and installations. His approach begins with the appropriation of elements from his daily life that he arranges in a game of shifts and modifications until their original meaning or function disappears. Renewing the original meaning of his sources, Guillaume Ehinger develops new contexts in which the status of these objects is questioned.
