A new generation of postdigital artists and creatives are becoming prominent in the cultural world. The influential curator Hans Ulrich Obrist created the initiative concept “89Plus” that focus on the generation that are born in 1989 or thereafter and therefore have never known a world without the internet or digital tools. They move freely between disciplines and techniques and often present very tactile and physical works.

Stockholm based photographer, director and artist Alexander Wessely (b. 1989) fits into this category. His career has quickly established him in the international music and fashion industry, portraying names like Rihanna and Drake or shooting for Vogue Italia. His style is an digitally enhanced, raw black and white aesthetic that fits the contemporary world. His first show took place at a secret location and sold out within the first hour.

For his second show “Corpus” he has taken the photograph one step further. With Greek roots, Wessely has looked back at the classical Greek sculpture for inspiration. Bodies of humans and animals are photographed in a studio, then sculptured backwards in decay in digital postproduction making them appear as antique remains. The work is then printed in 1:1 scale on metal and mounted on classical marble and steel in order to create a new type of sculpture. Most apparent is this in Hippos (Horse) which weighs a solid 650 kg and measures 2.8 x 2m. Through this metamorphosis Wessely sets the tone of our postdigital world and makes us look at the process of a sculpture in new angles.

The exhibition takes place in an old palace under renovation in central Stockholm, 3/2-4/2.