Alongside the pool, the gallery’s main space will feature a carefully curated selection of pieces, including a bench, sofa, coffee table, and dining table that flow together as a singular sculptural object, highlighting Loellmann’s site-specific works for private spaces. The sofa, perched on blackened steel legs, is upholstered in green velvet, while new works explore further juxtapositions where solid stone and metal converge, examining the dialogue between weight and balance. Low bipartite tables feature fluid-like, coloured resin tops, while other pieces in smoked wood continue the theme of soft, organic lines. “We weld the metal directly onto the wood, allowing it to burn into the grain,” Loellmann explains. “It’s risky, but for me, it’s all about the process, not just aesthetics.” He continues, “I want to bring the beauty and strength of nature indoors.”

“A gallery needs to be challenged by its artists,” adds Francis Sultana, CEO of David Gill Gallery. “We need to embrace the aesthetic, the raison d’être, and the method, and then allow the artist to take it to the limit. As for the pool, it will certainly be quite surreal, but it’s important to showcase ideas as well as objects. It’s going to transform the gallery. Valentin is an artist with a vision, and as a gallery, we must allow our artists freedom because from freedom comes beauty. The key is to remove constraints.”

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