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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT JOHAN GELPER

Johan Gelper calls his sculptures drawings in space. It is a fitting description. At Ricou Gallery he shows the frame of a chair that transforms into looping fibreglass tubes, clamped to heavy stones. Elsewhere, a large rake is held upright by a cable that runs on as an extension. A constellation of yellow plastic tubes covered in cable ties bears similarities to a sea urchin. A single leaf hangs at the centre of a steel cable oval. Everything is in balance. Everything is asking a question about balance.

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Johan Bergelin: The Perfume as Counter-Cultural Act

There is a moment, in every serious perfume, when the smell stops being a smell and becomes a place. Johan Bergelin understood this because he understood it first as a painter, a photographer, and a musician — someone who had spent decades asking how experience could be held in a form before he ever asked that question about a bottle. He founded 19-69 in 2015, on a kitchen table, with 500 euros. The first five fragrances launched at Colette in Paris and sold out within minutes.

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