ADZ’s presentation for Art Brussels 2025 features the contemplative works of four distinguished artists: Julia Adelgren, Joanne Burke, Esme Hodsoll, and Shiwen Wang. The exhibition explores the delicate balance between structure and chaos, highlighting moments where these opposing forces harmoniously intersect.

Julia Adelgren’s paintings evoke sensuality through a rich prismatic palette dominated by gothic purples and saccharine pinks. Her distinctive world-building approach deftly merges fantastical idealism with a grounded, introspective solipsism.

Joanne Burke’s sculptural practice embodies transfiguration in both its ancient biblical context and alchemical transformation. Employing the historical divination technique of “Hydromancy,” Burke casts wax in controlled water environments to produce unpredictable forms. Through deliberate processes of whittling, melting, and reworking, she methodically reveals forms that appear to emerge organically from within the material itself.

Esme Hodsoll’s meticulously rendered oil paintings examine the intersection of time, materiality, and domestic life. Her practice demonstrates an unwavering dedication to sustained observation of ordinary objects, elevating the mundane into profound subjects for contemplation and phenomenological inquiry.

Shiwen Wang draws inspiration from twilight—that liminal moment before nightfall when human and non-human realms converge. Her abstract compositions explore the qualities of light to reflect on impermanence and the fundamental interconnectedness between humanity and nature, which she describes as “the unity of cosmic life.” Wang transforms everyday subjects—fish, decomposing leaves, boat wreckage—into unfamiliar poetic forms that capture the cyclical nature of decay and renewal.