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and catch the heart off guard, 2022

Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
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and catch the heart off guard

and catch the heart off guard, 2022

58 × 41 × 15 cm
Porcelain, marble, platinum, steel, plexiglass

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #43, 2020

Photography: © Sally Mann, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian
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Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #43, 2020

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #43, 2020

Unique collodion wet-plate positive on anodized aluminum with soluvar varnish
38.1 × 34.3 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

the wind and the light, 2022

Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
the wind and the light

the wind and the light, 2022

Porcelain, marble, platinum, Cor-Ten steel, steel, plexiglass
53 × 16 × 18 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #18, 2020

Photography: © Sally Mann, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian
About
Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #18, 2020

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #18, 2020

Unique collodion wet-plate positive on anodized aluminum with soluvar varnish
38.1 × 34.3 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I

salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I2023
Porcelain, Cor-Ten steel, platinum, aluminium, glass
70 × 51.4 × 10cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I (detail) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I (detail)

salt, axe, stars (for O.M), I (detail)2023
Porcelain, Cor-Ten steel, platinum, aluminium, glass
70 × 51.4 × 10cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #14, 2019

Photography: © Sally Mann, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian
About
Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #14, 2019

Sally Mann, Tintype, Still Life #14, 2019

Unique collodion wet-plate positive on anodized aluminum with sandarac varnish
38.1 × 34.3 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
untitled (should you think it breathed) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
untitled (should you think it breathed)

untitled (should you think it breathed)2023
Porcelain, silver, aluminium, glass
38 × 50 × 10 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
untitled (should you think it breathed) (detail) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
untitled (should you think it breathed) (detail)

untitled (should you think it breathed) (detail)2023
Porcelain, silver, aluminium, glass
38 × 50 × 10 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #21, 2022

Photography: © Sally Mann, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian
About
Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #21, 2022

Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #21, 2022

Platinum/palladium print
20.3 × 25.4 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself)

untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself)2023
Porcelain, silver, aluminium, glass
38 × 50 × 10 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself) (detail) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself) (detail)

untitled (I could not weigh myself, myself) (detail)2023
Porcelain, silver, aluminium, glass
38 × 50 × 10 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #22, 2022

Photography: © Sally Mann, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian
About
Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #22, 2022

Sally Mann, Platinum, Stone #22, 2022

Platinum/palladium print
20.3 × 25.4 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
untitled (abroad is close to-night) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
untitled (abroad is close to-night)

untitled (abroad is close to-night)2023
Porcelain, silver, aluminium, glass
38 × 50 × 10 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—
untitled (abroad is close to-night) (detail) 2023
Photography: Alzbeta Jaresova
About
untitled (abroad is close to-night) (detail)

untitled (abroad is close to-night) (detail)2023
Porcelain, silver, aluminium, glass
38 × 50 × 10 cm

to light, and then return—
Gagosian, New York
14 September–28 October 2023

An exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann inspired by each other’s practices was installed at Gagosian's Madison Avenue space. to light, and then return— marked the first time the two artists have shown together in a dedicated exhibition.

The result of an ongoing exchange between two artists who are also celebrated writers, the exhibition was titled after the final line of The spry arms of the wind (c. 1866), a poem written by Emily Dickinson on an envelope scrap. Informed by their mutual fascination with material transformation and themes of elegy and historical reckoning, the works on view included de Waal’s sculptural installations featuring porcelain and other materials, and Mann’s tintypes and platinum prints.

to light, and then return— was complemented by this must be the place, an exhibition of new works by de Waal at 541 West 24th Street, New York, from 13 September until 28 October 2023.

Exhibition Catalogues
to light, and then return—

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