After losing five original drawings, Tom Hallet attempts, almost as a ritualistic act, to resurrect them by memory and photographic documentation. In LEMME, the first drawing of the series is shown amongst three meaty sculptures. Together they form a protective shield around its new body.

Text written by Tom Hallet

"A few days later, men found her body two miles further up north, dying on a sandy shore. This is when they could have a better look at her. The upper portion of the creature was about half the size of a well fed child, with one abnormally developed breast. The hair was long, dark and glossy, while the skin seemed to be carved out of alabaster stone, soft and tender. The lower part was like a salmon, but without scales. They witnessed how wild ferns hung low over her head, and rustled the first images of her death dream, while their glistering spores set on her cheeks. When she slowly opened her eyelids, her yellow eyes were already fixated on them..."

Text written by Tom Hallet, inspired by the Scottish folklore A Mermaid's Grave
Curated by Medusa

With: Chloé Arrouy, Arnaud Eubelen, Tim Evers, Emile de Geyndt, Tom Hallet, Günther Möbius, Anthony Ngoya, Nina-Joy Thielemans

LEMME, 2020
Brasserie Atlas, Brussels

To Bambi (A Renewal), 2020
56x42
pencil on paper

installation view "LEMME"

D.R.F. (A New Kind of Tenderness), 2020
150x50x50
latex, rocks, earth, rope

To Bambi (A Renewal), 2020
56x42
pencil on paper

To Bambi (A Renewal)(detail), 2020
56x42
pencil on paper

D.R.F. (A New Kind of Tenderness)(detail), 2020
150x50x50
latex, rocks, earth, rope

installation view "LEMME"

A.C. (A New Kind of Tenderness), 2019
30x30x25
latex, earth, rope, dandelion

Eye 2
12x5
talc-schist