elian chali
Thick liquid from the
heart of the earth
📍Lichtensterngasse 13, 1120 Wien
This work continues the aesthetic and visual language that the artist has been developing for years, conceived as a means to engage and transform the contexts in which his practice unfolds.
Through a reduction of visual elements into soft geometry and abstraction, the piece creates a striking contrast with its environment. With its vertical orientation, it disrupts the building’s structure through flowing curves and chromatic tensions. The title references the slow, steady force of lava—an elemental expression of the Earth’s heart.
Elian Chali (Córdoba, Argentina, 1988) is an artist, researcher, teacher, curator, and activist within the Disability Rights Movement. His multidisciplinary practice spans expanded painting, photography, performance, writing, social activism, and curatorial work in community projects.
With four solo exhibitions and numerous group shows, his projects have been presented in countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, England, Morocco, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Ukraine, and Taiwan, among others.