Exudates (2025) occupies the space as if it were alive, replicating, secreting and growing on its own terms. Named after a biological process, an exudate (from the Latin exsūdāre, ‘to sweat out’) refers to substances like sap, resin or pus – liquids released to heal, but whose profusion can also hinder recovery. To make these works, Fàbregas first layers latex over inflated forms, which are then deflated to generate organic, sagging shapes that resemble intestines, umbilical cords, clot or vines. Emerging through apertures cut into the ceiling and walls, these forms establish a reciprocal motion between the space and what seems to grow within it in a biomorphic response to the architecture.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Eva Fàbregas (b. 1988, Barcelona) lives and works in Barcelona. Her sculptures explore soft and malleable materials, emphasising the physical and sensory dimension of form. Her practice – somatic, experiential, guttural – aims to fully inhabit the world of the sensual, evoking a pre-linguistic stage to imagine alternative ways of feeling, caring and being in the world. Solo exhibitions include Breathing Wounds, Matadero, Madrid (2025); Exudates, Manifesta 15, Barcelona (2024); Devouring Lovers, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2023). Group exhibitions include When Forms Come Alive, Hayward Gallery, London (2024); 16th Lyon Biennale (2022); 7th Yokohama Triennale (2020).
EXHIBITED WORKS
Eva Fàbregas (b. 1988)
Exudates, 2025
Air, latex and elastic mesh
Variable dimensions
Courtesy of the artist
