ALLY ROSENBERG: MUSCLE MEMORY

Dio Horia Gallery is pleased to present Ally Rosenberg with the exhibition Muscle Memory. Published on the occasion, an anthology of the artist’s short story-poems, is being released in conjunction with the show.

April 6 – May 11, 2024

The exhibition highlights a meticulously curated array of Rosenberg’s newest sculptural works. In 'Muscle Memory,' the artist, who joined the gallery's residency program in 2022, ventures into the intricate realms of human consciousness, inviting contemplation and a hint of playful defiance against traditional masculine values.

For the artist, “when an action is repeated frequently enough, it starts to bypass conscious thought. We call this Muscle Memory. Where habit becomes encoded into second nature, embedded as a feature of the self; where behaviours are seemingly woven into the muscle fibres of our limbs.

The ego consists of countless personal narratives that play over and over like childhood movies on repeat. Scripts are recited by heart, until the semantics of each word dissolve and only phonetics and unexamined moral values remain. Family folklores merge, reinforcing a set of amalgamated memories that fix a grasp on who we are.”

Focused on sculpture and installation, Ally Rosenberg's art takes a whimsical approach to exploring the human form through cutting and shaping familiar materials and textures, revealing a dynamic relationship between image and object.

Rosenberg's background in neuroscience significantly informs his choice of materials, as he skilfully integrates them to represent the perplexities of human consciousness.

The marriage of domestic materials with both traditional and cutting-edge processes allows him to articulate profound insights into consciousness and human cognition. The deliberate selection and manipulation of materials become a means through which Rosenberg communicates his exploration of the essence of experience.