@berenice.olmedo‘s hollow vessels in the second and third rooms of her exhibition “Hic et Nunc” bulge in ways that varyingly insinuate a body’s truncated form. There are casts of amputated legs, hips, and torsos, thermoformed and artfully combined into fusions of fragmented parts—immobilized and braced with a hint of violence. Puckers, valves, and gaping openings punctuate these carapaces, which are attached to the metal railings of hospital beds or, in one case, a hip brace. Titled “alêtheia,” ancient Greek for “truth” or “disclosure,” these chillingly beautiful works suggest postapocalyptic ice-sculpture versions of classic Greek figures, now broken—at once timeless and weirdly contemporary. 📸(1–5) Installation views, Berenice Olmedo, “Hic et Nunc,” Kunsthalle Basel, 2022, views on, “alêtheia.” Photos by @philipp_haenger The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the LUMA Foundation; the Burger Collection, Hong Kong (inspired by the spirit of TOY) @burgermonique; the Isaac Dreyfus-Bernheim Foundation, and @_leapsociety_ (kindly supported by Constantin Schwaab @wirelane_gmbh); with additional support from @lafayetteanticipations; the Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte, Catherine Petitgas, and the Südkulturfonds. #kunsthallebasel #museenbasel #lovebasel #bereniceolmedo