Nils Alix-Tabeling
Ulrike Mandrake's Arrow
Title: Nils Alix-Tabeling: Ulrike Mandrake's Arrow, 2022
Year: 2022
Material: 3D printing, epoxy resin, steel, magnets, iron, glass, foam, goat entrails, pearls, crystal
Dimensions: 97 x 25 cm
Edition: Unique
Price: 2.800 €
Nils Alix-Tabeling's works draw on a symbol-rich visual vocabulary of science fiction, fashion, history, furniture, shamanism and witchcraft. With a pinch of camp and humor, Nils Alix-Tabeling addresses social grievances and exceptional psychological situations.
The fairy arrow has Ulrike Meinhof's likeness as its mainspring and a complex sensory apparatus as its tip. It was part of the exhibition But Who is Ulrike Mandrake?
Nils Alix-Tabeling (*1991 in Paris, lives and works in Montargis, FR) studied Fine Arts at the Academy La Cambre, Brussels (BA, 2014) and at the Royal College of Art, London (MA, 2016). His works have been shown in international exhibitions, most recently Fleur de peau, terre à vif, Le Parvis, Tarbes, FR (2023); Planet B: Climate Change & the New Sublime, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Palazzo Bollani, Venice, IT (2022); Futur, Ancien, Fugitif, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR (2019); Le Bétyle d'Ail, Kunstraum, London, UK (2019). As an artist curator he organized exhibitions at Mécènes du Sud, Montpellier, FR (2021); Galerie Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf (2019) and Galerie Nadine Feront, Brussels, BE (2017).