Matthias Odin: spare room #2

Paris, France

spare room #2

Clémentine Bruno, Matthias Odin

21.05 - 09.07.2026

 

spare room activates a small domestic space as a site of encounter between the works of two artists. Conceived as a series of tightly curated exhibitions, each iteration presents a limited number of works, allowing for a focused exchange between distinct artistic practices. Set against the realities of contemporary urban life and housing pressures, spare room embraces the conditions of limited resources. Within this modest framework, the project foregrounds the adaptability and resilience of artistic and curatorial practices.

 

For the second iteration of spare room, artists Clémentine Bruno and Matthias Odin are invited into conversation. Working in distinct mediums—Bruno in gesso painting, Odin in assemblage sculpture—their works converge around a shared investigation of history and memory through processes of layering and accumulation.

 

Matthias Odin’s assemblage sculptures are composed of found objects gathered through wandering the city, as well as through family, friendships and shared experiences. His works oscillate between randomness and design, drawing on what he describes as “persistent traces from the past” —abandoned elements and residues of multiple temporalities, stratified within accumulative compositions. These fragments enable a reflection on history across different temporalities, from the everyday to the urban, to the standardisation of lifestyles, and to art history. His relationship to time frequently materialises through the recurring motif of the sphere, as well as through layered constructions reminiscent of painting, here translated into the use of glass and mirrors.