PALIMPSEST of MEMORY 

OVERVIEW

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“Palimpsest of Memory” tells the stories of times past that have evaporated yet still linger in our minds and hearts. It is an exhibition that stresses memory as a process, a residue, a reconstruction. Through acts of layering, erasing, obscuring, and revealing, memory is not treated as a singular narrative, but rather as a live and complex entity constantly being amended and honored in both subtle and profound ways.

Just as cultural provenance traces the origin and journey of objects and ideas, history moves not linearly, but in spirals, as memory revisits, reframes, or reinterprets the past. In this unfolding artistic narrative, the paintbrush becomes a powerful tool: a means of excavation and creation, capable of expressing both the pain of loss and the beauty of reminiscence.
The exhibition “Palimpsest of Memory” presents contemporary works that explore remembrance as a layered, unstable, and often rewritten terrain. Similarly to how a palimpsest reveals the faint traces of previous texts beneath new inscriptions, this exhibition considers how the past endures, visible and hidden, within the forms of contemporary art. Drawing from elements of surrealism, post-impressionism, modernism, cubism, synthetic-cubism, abstract and gestural painting, neo-expressionism, sculpture, and collage and multimedia, the exhibition seeks to demonstrate the ways in which artists manipulate form, texture, and symbol to excavate personal and collective memory.

In an era defined by loss, rapid transformations, and frivolous over-documentation, this exhibition identifies the methods in which artists engage with the echoes of history, legacy, culture, and identity in meaningful ways. In many respects, “Palimpsest of Memory” acts as an index of what remains, featuring the archived, the half-remembered or nearly forgotten, and serving as an emotional archaeological record.

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Executive Director: Isabell Sliwinski

Chief Curator: Isabelle Brett

Curator: Andrea Maiello

Curatorial Assistant: Yukang Tao

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