BOND

BOND celebrates the dialogue between objects and space. Inspired by the Japanese art of Ikebana, this exhibition explores the tradition of arrangement and the art of placement. For BOND, SIZED Founder and Creative Director, Alexander May, curated a selection from a range of collaborators to create unique arrangements. In this exhibition, each site-specific BOND represents a harmony between the natural and the artificial, showcasing the contrasting pairings of wood and stone, silver and flower, sculpture and vessel.

The exhibition's neutral environment, with its lack of color and form, enhances the beauty of each object and accentuates its placement in space. This approach underscores May's interest in the connectivity that emerges from arranging flowers with complementary design objects.

The presentation brings together a selection of works made in the last five years. Highlights include two new animatronic sculptures: Everything in its place (2023), a life-sized mosquito, randomly twitching as if about to die, found on a plaque with the details of the artwork itself, discarded on top of standard museum plinth – perhaps prior to installing the exhibition; and Bound by things (2023), a magpie perched on top of a framed, highly reflective black monochromatic artwork. The bird counts backwards to herself in the voice of a young girl, from 100 to 0 in an endless loop of futility.