“It is above all the conviction that one will find more reality in the hidden, than in the things that present themselves.” – Gaston Bachelard

 Gaston Bachelard characterises objects we see by their hidden aspects: the reality of an object is not merely reflected in its immediate presence but is rather ‘hidden’ behind it. Building on Bachelard, André Breton in his programmatic essay Crisis of the Object (1936) describes modern sculpture as an object made up of many things and having no limitations. According to Breton, the essential moment is to select those objects that provoke ‘the total alteration of the perceptive faculties’ and ‘pursue an experience’.

The group show The probability that nothing will happen explores the issue of the object in contemporary sculpture through the works of Michel François, Asta Gröting, Guillaume Leblon, Robin Rhode, Mark Wallinger, Marcellvs L. and Aernout Mik.