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  • View of “Alek O.,” 2014. Foreground: Banane, 2014. Background, from left: Tangram, 2014; Fino Mornasco, 2014; Tangram, 2014.

    View of “Alek O.,” 2014. Foreground: Banane, 2014. Background, from left: Tangram, 2014; Fino Mornasco, 2014; Tangram, 2014.

    Alek O.

    Frutta | Rome

    For her solo debut in Rome, “If There is a Last Summer Morning,” Argentinean-born, Como, Italy–based artist Alek O. presented works focused above all on the concept of time—particularly on the various semantic nuances through which it is manifested in daily life. While the individual pieces in the show have their own expressive autonomy, taken together they formed a cohesive and imaginative installation capable of completely engaging the viewer’s senses. Six of them, “curtain works,” in the artist’s informal description, are made from old curtains that she has salvaged from their original,

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