For the duo exhibition 'perfect fit (the carry on)', artists Martha Hviid and Lucía Quevedo have made works about feelings of uprootedness, migration, belonging, and adapting through collaborative and individual artworks.
This exhibition brings the artists together to describe these feelings of displacement.

Playing into the concept, the exhibition carries on from its former residence at the gallery Sally's Fault in Amsterdam to its new home with albert contemporary. Here Hviid and Quevedo have adapted the works to their new setting. The resourcefulness of the itinerant artists is always about working with what's there, finding alternatives, and keeping necessities well-packed.

'perfect fit (the carry-on)' focuses on adjusting to life's circumstances and surroundings.

Like two puzzle pieces from different boxes that, despite being printed with clashing images, lock together effortlessly - creating a new impression. It's a bit like this with a city or a town because places aren't static forms. They are always under construction.

Hviid and Quevedo share a fair amount of experiences of moving about and setting up a new home in different contexts. They met in London while studying at the Royal College of Art (RCA) – since then, they and their fellow students have ended up all over the world.

The space of albert contemporary is staged like a wind tunnel. Railings on the wall are inspired by La Bora, a forceful gale in the northeast Adriatic, so strong that the city of Trieste in northeastern Italy is equipped with outdoor safety railings for people to grip.

Wind has been anthropomorphized in all its strengths and directions dating back to mythological times. At the gallery, it takes on the role of destiny, filling sails before embarking towards new homes. The railings on the wall provide a safety hold should you get carried away by emotions.

These collaborative new works "Now My Charms Are All O'erthrown – What Strength I Have's My Own (Memory Railing) [#1–2]" in 'perfect fit (the carry-on) are made by both artists using a wood burner to scrawl onto the light wood. The drawings are like doodles on a school desk or a tree inscribed with lovers' initials. These symbols are decipherable as a codex of the artists' experiences which include reminders of their past lives. The form of the railing is a bending horizon that never allows you to see the complete surface while offering stability.

Now based in Copenhagen, Martha Hviid has previously lived in Los Angeles, Toronto, London, and Austin. Her new works, "Wing Walkers [#1–5]", are clay sculptures arranged on the wall. Their floaty shapes evoke the sensations of both leading and being chaotically swept away. "Wing walker" is a term for the airport ground crew who lead airplanes from the runway to the jetway kiss and back. They stand under the wings and perform coordinated movements to guide the plane on its way. Often plane journeys are associated with strong emotions of leaving or arriving somewhere. It can be a challenge trying to suppress the urge to cry while waiting on the runway, either from sadness or excitement. This feeling can be amplified by the force of the plane accelerating into flight.

London-based Lucía Quevedo has lived in many places worldwide, including Geneva, Montréal, Mexico City, and Los Alamos.

Her new works "We All Have Different Parts to Play (And We Must All Be Allowed to Play Them) [#1−14]" are made from remnants of previous silicone sculptures. Her old sculptures include huge cheese slices, puddles of bodily liquids like tears, blood, snot, etc. These were all made for site-specific installations, meaning storing them is more sentimental than practical. Using the leftovers of the pieces in this way gives them a more permanent place in the world. Imitating the form and production methods of charcuterie emphasizes the value of meat processes developed out of resourcefulness, seeking to use every part of the animal.

Much like its longer siblings, the tiny railing has the words "STAY IN TOUCH" inscribed as a reflection of what you say to friends, using the word "stay" when you're actually about to go.

- Adapted from original text by Àngels Miralda.

Martha Hviid lives & works in Copenhagen.
Hviid is a visual artist with an MFA from the Royal College of Art in London, and the University of Texas, Austin. She mainly works sculpturally and with installation, dealing with how we sense, feel, interpret and interact with the world around us – this from a perspective of our psychological, neurological, physiological, and relational preconditions and how we consciously and subconsciously communicate these to and with each other.

Hviid has most recently exhibited at Bricks Gallery (København), Kunsthalle Gammelgaard (Herlev), Richas Digest (Köln), OK Corral (Frederiksberg) and Galleri Alice Folker (København).

Lucía Quevedo lives & works in London.
Quevedo is a Guatemalan artist inspired by the human ability to adapt to changing social environments, engaging with the viewer by reinterpreting well-known, appetizing objects. Quevedo experiments with fluid states, passing rubber-like substances through familiarity, satisfaction, and anxiety exploring a layered comedic language of social interaction and economical consumption.

Quevedo studied in London at Chelsea College of Art and at the Royal College of Art. Previous exhibitions include projects at Vitrine Gallery (London), KARST (Plymouth), Sundy (London), Moderna Museet (Malmö), and PLAZAPLAZA (London).