Sculpture 4tet: Luciano Fabro, Jean-Luc Moulène, Bruce Nauman & Danh Vō
February 3, 2016 by Matthew Klassen 
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Marian Goodman Gallery
5-8 Lower John Street
London, W1F 9DY
January 12 – February 20, 2016
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"What’s in a name? And how can certain contemporary artworks benefit from a critical reflection on the ancient term, ‘sculpture’? Bringing together the work of four artists from different backgrounds and generations, it is this question that the exhibition Sculpture 4tet poses. To retain the name ‘sculpture’ for the works that comprise the exhibition is to insist on the multiple effects of memory that they deploy. Each of the artists, in their own way, can be considered an enemy of amnesia: mythology, history of art, personal memory and rumours of past events are as much materials as the marble, metal or neon with which they work. The human figure, often taking fragmentary or more metaphorical forms, pervades the works and it is thus the even older concept of the ‘statue’ that echoes in the back and forth of associations of the exhibition."
