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Amalia Pica, Akira Ikezoe

Art Basel Miami Beach 2022






    
    






In the chains that loop indefinitely through Akira Ikezoe’s 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘰 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 paintings there is no escaping the system nor is there a hierarchy between the parts. In them, each component of the depicted narrative – whether human, plant, animal, or inanimate object – stands in the mere service of the next link with which it shares a certain shape or physical attribute.
Amalia Pica presents 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘴𝘪, a recent body of sculptures commissioned by Fondazione Memmo in Rome, which is a continuation of her Catachresis series, focusing on the rhetorical device. A catachresis is a figure of speech by which we name things using metaphors that are often connected to the human body. The “table leg”, the “arm of the chair”, the “bottleneck” are a few examples of objects which were selected by Pica to make these sculptural assemblages. The extension of a word beyond the limits of its meaning reveals how language and images can interact, contributing to the definition of reality. The results comprise hybrid figures, a blend of objects in anthropomorphic or animal forms, thus “quasi” personalities.
Seen together, these works playfully remind us that we are but a small part of a larger system, and to define ourselves not by our material possessions, but by our individual human qualities that really make us who we are.