asàska

Josu Bilbao bases his work on the phonetic-acoustic phenomena of oral expression, such as accents, tones and intonation, that are intuitively related to sculpture. For the current exhibition, he presents a number of sculptural volumes produced from hollowed out articles of clothing that operate almost like bodies, with the term “saska” reverberating in their presence. Like the Basque language, these volumes lack a known root, an absence that becomes a space of possibility for imagination and storytelling. The displacement of these pieces from the artist’s studio to the exhibition space is what transforms them into an installation, bringing with it traces of the passing of time and the effect of natural elements.