Alicja Kwade Linienland

Revealing the invisible in the visible is one of the special talents of Alicja Kwade (b. Katowice, Poland, 1979; lives and works in Berlin). Pebbles polished like diamonds, a euro-pallet painted and buffed to a high gloss, a mountain of ground-up shampagne bottles, or charcoal briquettes that resemble bars of gold. Kwade plays with the viewer's imagination, activating it with her discreet but nonetheless perplexing shifts in everyday standards: one has to look precisely to avoid making false assessments. This first monograph by Alicja Kwade is accompanied by essays by Kirsty Bell and Kathrin Meyer and an interve with the artist by Katja Schroeder.