20/09/2025 - 19/11/2025

Lucia Tallová: Unstable Monuments
Zilberman, Istanbul
20.09.2025 – 19.11.2025

In her first solo exhibition in Istanbul, Lucia Tallová presents Unstable Monuments, a contemplative exploration of memory, materiality, and the traces of human experience. Working across painting, collage, installation, and photography, Tallová constructs environments where found and created objects converge into layered dialogues between past and present.

Central to Tallová’s practice is the notion of memory as a sediment that accumulates within objects and surfaces. She collects and archives photographs, antique books, fragments of furniture, and other relics, deliberately choosing materials marked by imperfection and patina. These are not mere historical remnants; instead, they become active participants in a process of transformation, gaining new plasticity and vitality under her hand. Through cutting, layering, and reconfiguring, the artist allows objects to “speak” in their own right, while simultaneously situating them within a larger philosophical and spatial context.

Tallová’s installations operate at the intersection of precision and intuition. Her treatment of materials is meticulous, yet the outcome is never rigidly predetermined. Weathered wood, ink-stained paper, and aged photographic prints carry temporal traces, yet they also overflow into the present, transforming the gallery space into an arena of speculative histories. By reimagining these objects, she constructs fictional archives that evoke both personal memory and collective experience, inviting viewers to reflect on the impermanence of life and the continuity of material culture.

Painting remains a vital element of her practice, yet in Unstable Monuments, it functions as both narrator and spatial mediator. Tallová’s abstract compositions, created with black acrylic and ink on canvas, often evoke landscapes or ethereal atmospheres, serving as contemplative counterpoints to her material interventions. These painterly works blur the boundaries between concrete and abstract, offering spaces of reflection within the structured, object-based installations. In combining painting with collage, assemblage, and architectural intervention, Tallová establishes immersive environments that guide the viewer through a liminal space—between memory and imagination, permanence and fragility, the personal and the collective.

Her installations are meticulously attuned to the character of the exhibition space. Objects, furniture, and architectural elements are reconfigured to create dialogues with the gallery environment, transforming it into a stage for memory and storytelling.

Through Unstable Monuments, Tallová offers a meditation on the life cycles of objects, images, and histories. Her practice challenges conventional hierarchies of value, rescuing discarded materials from obscurity and granting them renewed significance. By orchestrating encounters between ephemeral objects and enduring forms, she creates spaces where viewers can experience a profound engagement with memory, time, and the subtle forces that shape human perception. The exhibition invites a reflection on how the past persists, how it can be reimagined, and how the fragile, the worn, and the overlooked may become monuments in their own right—unstable yet resonant, fleeting yet eternal.

For further information, please contact Aybüke Sanuç via aybuke@zilbermangallery.com