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Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto this must be the place to light, and then return—
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Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto
CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Denmark
8 October 2023–11 August 2024
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Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

the burning now, 2023, installation view
installation view

the burning now, 2023, installation view
installation view

the burning now, 2023, detail
installation view

the burning now, 2023, installation view
installation view

the burning now, 2023, detail
installation view
installation view, 2023
installation view
installation view, 2023
installation view

the burning now, 2023, installation view
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
installation view

Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto, installation view, 2023
this must be the place
Gagosian, New York
13 September–28 October 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
a part of speech
a part of speech, 2023
a part of speech
a part of speech, 2023
almost home
almost home, 2023
leaning late and being there
leaning late and being there, 2023
leaning late and being there (detail)
leaning late and being there (detail), 2023
it was evening all afternoon (detail)
it was evening all afternoon (detail), 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
this must be the place, VI (detail)
this must be the place, VI (detail), 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
this must be the place, IV (detail)
this must be the place, IV (detail), 2023
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), III-V
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), III-V, 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
untitled (plainness and brightness; the darkness and crookedness)
untitled (plainness and brightness; the darkness and crookedness), 2023
untitled (singing again out of the darkness)
untitled (singing again out of the darkness), 2023
untitled (singing again out of the darkness) (detail)
untitled (singing again out of the darkness) (detail), 2023
nostos
nostos, 2023
nostos (detail)
nostos (detail), 2023
Letters to Amherst, I-III, installation view
Letters to Amherst, I-III, installation view, 2023
Letters to Amherst, III
Letters to Amherst, III, 2023
Letters to Amherst, III (detail)
Letters to Amherst, III (detail), 2023
Letters to Amherst, IV
Letters to Amherst, IV, 2023
Letters to Amherst, IV (detail)
Letters to Amherst, IV (detail), 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
voices and instruments, I
voices and instruments, I, 2023
voices and instruments, II
voices and instruments, II, 2023
voices and instruments, II (detail)
voices and instruments, II (detail), 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
Installation view
Installation view, 2023
to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023
and catch the heart off guard

and catch the heart off guard, 2022
Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #43, 2020

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #43, 2020
the wind and the light

the wind and the light, 2022
Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #18, 2020

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #18, 2020
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I, 2023
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I (detail)
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I (detail), 2023
Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #14, 2019

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #14, 2019
untitled (should you think it breathed)
untitled (should you think it breathed), 2023
untitled (should you think it breathed) (detail)
untitled (should you think it breathed) (detail), 2023
Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #21, 2022

Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #21, 2022
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself)
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself), 2023
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself) (detail)
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself) (detail), 2023
Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #22, 2022

Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #22, 2022
untitled (abroad is close to-night)
untitled (abroad is close to-night), 2023
untitled (abroad is close to-night) (detail)
untitled (abroad is close to-night) (detail), 2023
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