There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

The exhibition There Is A Light That Never Goes Out brings together the works of seven artists represented by Imane Farès gallery: Sinzo Aanza, Basma al-Sharif, Sammy Baloji, Ali Cherri, Emeka Ogboh, Younès Rahmoun, James Webb. It aims to narrate the life of an artwork; from its creation to its storage, the artwork becomes, here, an object of personification. What is its trajectory? What does it consume? Is it only made existent through exhibition?

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out offers a reflection on the status of works of art as well as their social and environmental impacts. Connected to each other by a network, an elec- tric meter designed for this project, the pieces in the exhibition question the ephemerality
of their presence, and their interactions with the viewers.

Created, funded, moved, photographed, numbered, measured, weighed, classified, transported, stored, noted, moved again, exhib- ited, analyzed, restocked, moved again, broken, restored, and sometimes, erased.

Within the confines of a tale about the concealed life of artworks, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out illuminates, awakens, and activates the works of each of the gallery’s artists, suggesting a sensitive reading of the stories they may hold.

Individually, and through a temporarily existent collective, the exhibited works present a dialogue between them about memories, spiritualities, poetics, and struggles.