Starting with a 3D scan of a boulder, Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade gradually transforms the large rock into a sphere and a square, morphing through different materials along the way and separating each phase by a mirror. At rear, a steel framework supports three more stones, identical in mass and weight but shaped and positioned to look otherwise. Kwade’s intention – to challenge viewers to question what they perceive – results in a puzzling and provocative exhibition. (On view at 303 Gallery in Chelsea through May 18th).
