Press release

DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM proudly present the debut solo show of Harry Nuriev (b. 1984), the New York- and Paris-based artist, designer, and founder and creative director of Crosby Studios. His exhibition, titled The Foam Room, opens during Berlin Art Week on Friday, September 13, 6–10 PM, and will be on view through October 19, 2024.

For his installation The Foam Room, a set of custom foam-producing structures, embedded with cables and lights, are choreographed to fill the subterranean gallery space with massive amounts of bubbling white foam, immersing visitors. Conceptually, the foam party represents a fascinating phenomenon where millions of air bubbles are suspended within a thin film of water held together by soap molecules. This ephemeral wonder can rapidly expand and vanish, mirroring the fast-paced nature of industry and our fleeting attention to spatial and economic concerns. In today’s consultative era, art is often reduced to a mere party trick, with the artist serving as a commercial tool or marketing gimmick—much like the fleeting nature of soap foam, which can burst and disappear in an instant.

Nuriev’s self-defined “Transformism” and reconstructive style fuse art, design, architecture, and fashion, breaking the boundaries that have traditionally separated these four creative fields to challenge broader ideas about how we live and work. For further information on the artist and the works or to request images, please contact Owen Clements at owen(at)dittrich-schlechtriem.com.