This is the Californian artist’s first solo show in Paris, titled Glass Slipper. Following her initial appearance in the group show Ré-enchantement in Pantin, Ariana Papademetropoulos now fully occupies the space at Thaddaeus Ropac gallery with an immersive environment that has gone viral on social media.
At the center of the room stands an aquarium. Visitors can lie down inside, as if in a therapeutic installation - Water Based Treatment. A kind of coffin, almost reminiscent of Snow White’s, it simultaneously confines and protects. Water becomes a central motif, enveloping and hypnotic, while opposing elements - lava, fire - appear in small touches, suggesting latent threats. Between vaporwave aesthetics and a fascination with the domestic, the artist creates a floating, dreamlike space.