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'UN VOYAGE SANS FIN', Solo exhibition by Stanislav Falkov

31 October - 3 November, 2024 7 Kensington Mall, London W8 4EB

The upcoming exhibition at ADH Gallery, is not just a showcase of works born from the landscapes of Spain and France—it is a philosophical continuation of the concept of «Un voyage sans fin». My characters, created through the lens of wandering, migration, and instability, will embark on a journey without me. They have no need for documents, borders, or physical presence; they exist in a realm beyond the material constraints that bind us.

This journey—one that began in squats and evolved through exhibitions in places like Barcelona, Basel, and now London—reflects the impossibility of returning home. It is a metaphor for the modern condition of exile, not only from geographical locations but from the self. My characters are avatars of this uncertainty. They are caught in the liminal spaces between belonging and alienation, between presence and absence. Just as I cannot attend this exhibition due to legal limitations, these figures travel without direction or destination, caught in an eternal state of transition.

In this exhibition, the works from Spain capture the intensity of death, sacrifice, and innocence, themes born from my time reflecting on the bullfighting culture. The works from France, meanwhile, capture the raw personal experience of displacement and creativity born of instability. Each character lives in a fragmented universe, suspended in an eternal limbo, as they move through the abstract spaces of their world and mine.

Their journey without me is a reflection of a greater reality—how we, as individuals, often lose ourselves in the global systems that disconnect us from places, identities, and the idea of home. What happens when the journey never ends? It becomes not a quest for an end but an exploration of endless possibilities, a metaphysical state in which the search for home transforms into the creation of worlds.

The waiting rooms, the stations, the invisible border crossings—these characters inhabit the spaces I cannot physically traverse. They become my voice, my stand-ins, as they continue to search for meaning, just as I continue to navigate my own journey from afar. And though I am absent, my absence speaks volumes. It is through this absence that the art becomes alive, pushing the boundaries of what it means to travel, to exist, and to create in a world that often denies us access.