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Almine Rech

Jose Dávila Half Empty, Half Full

Mar 15 — Apr 19, 2025 | Paris, Turenne & Turenne (Front Space)

Opening on Saturday, March 15, 2025 from 6 to 8 pm

Almine Rech Paris, Turenne is pleased to present 'Half Empty, Half Full,' Jose Dávila's first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from March 15 to April 19, 2025.

The artist’s titles are enigmatic and sometimes tinged with humor, already invoking the polysemy that is inseparable from reality with its inherent contradictions. This exhibition is about measure, with its title, 'Half Empty, Half Full,' embodying an irresolvable statement making it possible for two opposites to coexist. Indeed, ambiguity infuses all of the artist’s work, which is entirely concerned with tensions and imbalances, as his oeuvre is constructed around the idea of gravity. In his rocky totems or sturdy industrial structures with their shaky connections, the eye is naturally drawn to the negative spaces carved out by the materials, leading to mental pictures of falling and collapse. Yet something here moves beyond this dialectical opposition of forces, something the artist describes as an “expansion of the range of possibilities."
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— Alison Moss, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Le Quotidien de l'Art

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Selected artworks

  • Jose Dávila,                                      The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Jose Dávila The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Silkscreen print and vinyl paint on loomstate linen
    234 x 384 x 6 cm
    92 x 151 x 2 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Jose Dávila The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Silkscreen print and vinyl paint on loomstate linen
    210 x 170 x 6 cm
    82 1/2 x 67 x 2 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Jose Dávila The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Silkscreen print and vinyl paint on loomstate linen
    210 x 170 x 6 cm
    82 1/2 x 67 x 2 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Jose Dávila The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Vinyl paint on loomstate linen
    234 x 190 x 6 cm
    92 x 75 x 2 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Jose Dávila The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024

    Silkscreen print and vinyl paint on loomstate linen
    35 x 28.3 x 3 cm
    14 x 11 x 1 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      A secret wish, 2024

    Jose Dávila A secret wish, 2024

    Metal, epoxy paint, and wire
    225 x 160 x 80.5 cm
    88 1/2 x 63 x 31 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      While I was walking, 2024

    Jose Dávila While I was walking, 2024

    One way mirror, glass, metal, and boulders
    189.7 x 120 x 204 cm
    74 1/2 x 47 x 80 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      Joint Effort, 2024

    Jose Dávila Joint Effort, 2024

    Concrete, metal, boulders, volcanic rock, one way mirror, and strap
    185 x 340 x 376 cm
    73 x 134 x 148 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      Silent balance, 2024

    Jose Dávila Silent balance, 2024

    Concrete, rocks, boulder, recinto stone, and metal
    240 x 373 x 238 cm
    94 1/2 x 147 x 93 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      Don't think twice I, 2024

    Jose Dávila Don't think twice I, 2024

    Metal, automotive paint, and concrete
    62.5 x 89.2 x 34.3 cm
    24 1/2 x 35 x 13 1/2 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      Don't think twice II, 2024

    Jose Dávila Don't think twice II, 2024

    Metal, automotive paint and concrete
    96.6 x 155 x 75.7 cm
    38 x 61 x 30 in

  • Jose Dávila,                                      Poggendorff Phenomenon, 2024

    Jose Dávila Poggendorff Phenomenon, 2024

    Metal, igneous rock and volcanic rock
    152.5 x 232 x 39.5 cm
    60 x 91 1/2 x 15 1/2 in