Tarik Kiswanson’s exhibition The Relief at the Institut suédois explores memory, trauma, and regeneration through new sculptures and videos.
Through sculptures and videos, Tarik Kiswanson explores themes of memory, trauma, and regeneration. How do the dark moments of our collective history inform the present? What can they teach us about the human condition? How do we endure trauma, and how do we possibly rebuild? These questions are central to Tarik Kiswanson’s practice and his exhibition “The Relief” at the Institut suédois, in which most of the works are newly produced and all are being shown in France for the first time.
In his exhibitions, Kiswanson blurs the lines between the architecture and the artwork itself, disrupting our spatial perception. His works depict transitional states – through the interweaving of forms, materials, and expressions anchored in specific places, he creates transformative spaces.