Nova Contemporary presents In saying these things, I went to sleep, a group exhibition featuring works by Cole Lu, Christian Quin Newell, and Supawich Weesapen. The exhibition draws its title from Of Virtue, a fourth-century text by the Alexandrian alchemist Zosimos, who used dreams to unlock the mysteries of the material world.
Inspired by this sense of alchemical slippage—where boundaries shift between slumber and waking, solid and liquid, and body and spirit—the three artists take on the role of shape-shifters, engaging in a kinetic play with the elements. Here, matter is torn apart and reassembled, creating new forms of substance and self. Their works ruminate in an instability of form, offering passages we can traverse on route to becoming.
The opening reception is supported by S.E.A. Focus, An STPI Project.
