At Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Lydia Azout: Reflections…now brings together a new body of work that extends the artist’s long-standing investigation into form, balance and transcendence. Presented alongside the release of a monograph surveying five decades of practice, the exhibition situates recent sculptures and installations within a broader continuum, where material experimentation remains closely tied to philosophical inquiry.
Azout’s use of industrial materials—stainless steel, iron, aluminum—anchors the exhibition in a language of tension and precision. Her sculptural structures often appear improbably balanced, sometimes resting on a single point, as if suspended between stability and collapse. This approach, developed over decades, reflects an ongoing interest in equilibrium as both a physical and metaphysical condition. The polished surfaces of the works interact with light and space, while photographic elements printed on aluminum and accented with gold introduce a reflective, almost icon-like dimension.
The exhibition also includes a video installation that expands these concerns into time-based form, reinforcing the idea that Azout’s work resists fixity. Her practice has long drawn from pre-Hispanic cosmologies and the symbolic weight of sacred landscapes, particularly in Colombia, where she emerged as a key figure in modern and contemporary art. References to ritual and totemic structures persist, though they remain abstracted, embedded in geometry rather than overt representation.
A defining moment often cited in relation to her work—a confrontation with the force of a Caribbean hurricane—continues to resonate here. It informs a vocabulary in which opposing elements coexist: fragility and endurance, turbulence and stillness. In Reflections…now, these dualities are not resolved but held in suspension, suggesting a continuous process of transformation rather than a fixed state. The exhibition underscores Azout’s sustained engagement with the relationship between matter, environment and inner experience, positioning her work within a broader dialogue on the spiritual potential of abstraction.
Image: © Lydia Azout
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