‘Richard Deacon: Looking for something’ at The Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, North Macedonia

7 July 2025

Until 27 July 2025, The Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje presents ‘Looking for something’ a new exhibition of works by Richard Deacon. The exhibition features Deacon’s series of small and medium-sized sculptures made from various materials: UW84DC and In the Woods (Ghost, Bear, Small Bear, Bat, Beast) made in wood, Tread made in stainless steel, and Made of This in glazed ceramic. These pieces were predominantly created over the past two years. Additionally, the exhibition includes a series of digital prints on polyester entitled Second Motif, featuring enlarged drawings created on the iPhone Notes app.

Deacon’s work is characterized by a systematic approach to materials and a clear methodology that transforms these materials into visual interpretations. This process results in aesthetic objects of exceptional and sophisticated simplicity, rich in meaning and associations, transparently showcasing their origins. In his new sculptures, Deacon continues to explore the dynamic correlations of form and perception, the outer and the inner, mass and void, volume and space, the relationships between depth, surface, and structure, as well as the abstract and the in(direct), “fact and fiction” (Richard Deacon). He also examines the interplay between the autonomy of words and their ambiguities on the one hand, and the sculptural form and its translation into associations, verbal descriptions, and potential meanings, on the other.

Find out more via The Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje.

Image: Richard Deacon, Sandstone, 2022, Glazed porcelain, 45 x 56 x 30 cm. Foto MAREIKE TOCHA © Richard Deacon, Courtesy Lisson Gallery.