The group exhibition “Speaking Volumes” highlighted six unique artistic practices from the USA, UK and Sweden. Participating artists are Nicole Storm, Monica Valentine, Alan Faulds, Mawuena Kattah, Mattias Johansson and David Cheung.
When something speaks volumes it communicates powerfully without needing many words. What is said often goes beneath and beyond verbal language. It becomes spatial – it could be a feeling, an impression or an energy in the room.
For this exhibition, Malmö Konsthall has invited six artists who speak volumes through their works. Their distinct visual languages each reveal different ways of experiencing the world. In bypassing rigid definitions, explanations and categorisations they instead invite us to celebrate plurality, fluidity and nuance. The exhibition brings together a spectrum of fascinations and urgencies: mapping and worldbuilding, the repetition of patterns and movements, and experiments with colour and composition. Bearing visible traces of their makers’ unique method
