Beyond_a_life(untitled)
2022
Materials: recycled 3d-printed plastic, wood, metal, earthware, snake skin, automotive paint, stone, soil.
Photo by Alexander Jermilov
Beyond_a_life(untitled) is the culmination of Alexander Jermilov’s What a Life trilogy, building upon the visual and conceptual language established in the previous exhibitions. In this final chapter, earlier sculptures are reconfigured and repurposed, transforming into entirely new works that speak to the fluidity of ideas and forms. The installation becomes a site where the familiar is reinvented: recognizable shapes from past iterations are stretched, combined, or layered with new materials, creating unexpected juxtapositions that highlight the shifting nature of meaning.
By incorporating elements from earlier pieces, Jermilov establishes a dialogue between past and present, allowing objects to function both as remnants and as raw material for new configurations. What once seemed static is now part of a dynamic process, demonstrating how objects—and by extension, concepts—are never truly finished but remain open to reinterpretation. This ongoing process of adaptation and recombination breathes new life into the works, resulting in a space that feels like both a retrospective and a leap forward into uncharted territory.
In Beyond_a_life(untitled), Jermilov not only revisits his own visual vocabulary but pushes it further, using repetition and alteration as tools to uncover new possibilities within established forms. The result is a complex installation where the boundaries between past and future blur, presenting a landscape that continuously redefines itself through the layering of history and innovation.
2022
Materials: recycled 3d-printed plastic, wood, metal, earthware, snake skin, automotive paint, stone, soil.
Photo by Alexander Jermilov
Beyond_a_life(untitled) is the culmination of Alexander Jermilov’s What a Life trilogy, building upon the visual and conceptual language established in the previous exhibitions. In this final chapter, earlier sculptures are reconfigured and repurposed, transforming into entirely new works that speak to the fluidity of ideas and forms. The installation becomes a site where the familiar is reinvented: recognizable shapes from past iterations are stretched, combined, or layered with new materials, creating unexpected juxtapositions that highlight the shifting nature of meaning.
By incorporating elements from earlier pieces, Jermilov establishes a dialogue between past and present, allowing objects to function both as remnants and as raw material for new configurations. What once seemed static is now part of a dynamic process, demonstrating how objects—and by extension, concepts—are never truly finished but remain open to reinterpretation. This ongoing process of adaptation and recombination breathes new life into the works, resulting in a space that feels like both a retrospective and a leap forward into uncharted territory.
In Beyond_a_life(untitled), Jermilov not only revisits his own visual vocabulary but pushes it further, using repetition and alteration as tools to uncover new possibilities within established forms. The result is a complex installation where the boundaries between past and future blur, presenting a landscape that continuously redefines itself through the layering of history and innovation.
