488 Folsom Street
San Francisco
Absorption is the first permanent public art installation in the United States for Berlin-based artist, Alicja Kwade.
According to Kwade’s artist statement, Absorption (2018), is a sculptural abstraction utilizing mirrors and stones to produce an optical illusion that plays with viewers’ perceptions of dimensionality. The installation was included as a way to “contribute something soulful, stimulating, and timeless to the public space at Avery Lane,”
Alicja Kwade (1979 – ) is a Polish-German contemporary visual artist. Her sculptures and installations focus on the subjectivity of time and space.
At 19 Kwade moved to Berlin where she studied sculpture at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin from 1999 to 2005. In 2002, Kwade spent an Erasmus year at Chelsea College of Arts in London. She lives and works in Berlin.