Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe
Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

November 2024

The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone Empire – Leek Phone sponsored Contemporary Art Conversations

In the autumn of 2023, Andrew Gilbert traveled to Hangzhou, China, as representative of Leek Phone™ to explore potential business deals, establish new trade routes, seek territory for founding Emperor Andrew Instant Coffee plantations, and participate in the BY ART MATTERS artist residency program.

Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

Sperling

Paris Internationale
22.10.2025–26.10.2025
Ana Navas, Anousha Payne

Sperling is delighted to return to Paris Internationale with a duo presentation by Ana Navas and Anousha Payne. Both artists have had remarkable years, marked by significant exhibitions that expanded their practices across diverse contexts. Ana Navas participated in BEDROCK, the 2025 Liverpool Biennial curated by Marie-Anne McQuay, while Anousha Payne unveiled her solo exhibition Murmurations at the historic Zeyrek Çinili Hamam in Istanbul, curated by Anlam de Coster.

A central question in Ana Navas’s practice is that of influence, which is shaped more by chance than by direct causation and operates in both directions. Where do artists find their inspiration? Are all creations inherently composites of the past or is it the act of reception and reinterpretation that ultimately brings the past to life?

Anousha Payne’s work navigates the boundaries between personal experience, fiction, and myth, investigating how meaning is lost and gained through shifts in time, culture, and media. Her paintings and ceramics exist as hybrid objects, emphasizing the fluid connections between humans, animals, the natural world, and inanimate forms.

As in previous series, Ana Navas’s latest melted-glass works blend historical and fictional elements to question the hierarchy between “original” and “copy”. Drawing from depictions of women in modernist paintings by artists like Gauguin, Matisse, and Macke, Navas isolates and liberates certain aspects of their personalities from stereotypical portrayals. In the process, traces of direct reference are ultimately erased, and her works’ titles often arise from spontaneous remarks by friends and colleagues, who interpret them like Rorschach cards.

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Paris Internationale — 11th Edition

Preview (by invitation only)
Tuesday, 21 October — 10am to 8pm

Public Opening Hours
Wednesday, 22 October — 12pm to 7pm
Thursday, 23 October — 12pm to 7pm
Friday, 24 October — 12pm to 8pm
Saturday, 25 October — 12pm to 8pm
Sunday, 26 October — 12pm to 6pm

New Location
Paris Internationale
Rond-point des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris
Métro: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Lines 1 and 9)

Ana Navas & Anousha Payne, Paris Internationale 2025, photo: Nicola Morittu
Ana Navas & Anousha Payne, Paris Internationale 2025, photo: Nicola Morittu
Ana Navas, Libélula, 2025, fused glass, 63 x 35.5 x 2 cm | 24 3/4 x 14 x 3/4 in
Ana Navas, Escucha, 2025, fused glass, 70.5 x 30 x 2 cm | 27 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 3/4 in
Ana Navas & Anousha Payne, Paris Internationale 2025, photo: Nicola Morittu
The ultimate love affair (of mud of mind), 2025, tzalam, pine, jesmonite, found object, glue, newspaper, ceramic, bronze, thread, dye, large wooden bench, 220 x 82 x 46 cm
Anousha Payne, in deeper empathy (becoming moth), 2025
chalk pastel, wax, watercolour and gel medium on stretched cotton, 170 x 125 cm
Anousha Payne, S h i f t s (with the sun), 2025, chalk pastel, wax, watercolour and gel medium on stretched cotton, 170 x 90 cm
Anousha Payne, Glass bodies (raising the sun), 2025, chalk pastel, wax, watercolour and gel medium on stretched cotton, each part 170 x 80 cm
Ana Navas at Liverpool Cathedral, as part of Liverpool Biennial 2025, BEDROCK, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay, photography by Mark McNulty
Ana Navas at Liverpool Cathedral, as part of Liverpool Biennial 2025, BEDROCK, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay, photography by Mark McNulty
Ana Navas, Spanish lace with an orange mouth, 2023, fused glass, 108 x 64 x 2 cm | 42 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 3/4 in
Ana Navas, Spanish lace with an orange mouth, 2023, fused glass, 108 x 64 x 2 cm | 42 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 3/4 in (detail)
Ana Navas, Korte Reguliersdwarsstraat 14, 2024, plastic plate, acrylic, bijouterie, textile, 21 x 24 x 3 cm | 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/8 in
Ana Navas, Fashion Shop, 2022, plastic plate, acrylic, bijouterie, textile,  Ø 22 x 3 cm
The presentation by Ana Navas at Paris Internationale is kindly supported by Mondriaan Fund
Installation view from the exhibition “Anousha Payne, Murmurations”. Photo: Hadiye Cangökçe. Courtesy of Anousha Payne and Zeyrek Çinili Hamam
Anousha Payne, rising to the surface (through the sounds of your voice) I, 2025, watercolour and gel medium on cotton, 210 x 165 cm | 82 5/8 x 65 in
Anousha Payne, rising to the surface (through the sounds of your voice) III, 2025, watercolour and gel medium on cotton, 210 x 165 cm | 82 5/8 x 65 in
Anousha Payne, in awe of a falling sun, 2025, ceramic, glass, bronze, Installation view at Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, Photo: Hadiye Cangökçe
Anousha Payne, in awe of a falling sun, 2025, ceramic, glass, bronze, Installation composed of 2 pieces, variable size
Anousha Payne, In stillness we float, 2025, watercolour and gel medium on stretched cotton, 80 x 170 cm | 31 1/2 x 66 7/8 in
Installation view from the exhibition “Anousha Payne, Murmurations”. Photo: Hadiye Cangökçe. Courtesy of Anousha Payne and Zeyrek Çinili Hamam
Anousha Payne, face of light (between the cracks) & a fossil of a hand (in the touch of a cheek), 2025, Deadstock mother of pearl and wood, each ca. 35 x 25 x 3 cm
Anousha Payne, the shadow elongates (through me), 2025, ceramic, Installation composed of 3 pieces, variable size, Installation view at Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, Photo: Hadiye Cangökçe
Anousha Payne, Murmurations (study) 1, 2025, watercolour on paper, 31 x 41 cm | 12 1/4 x 16 1/8 in
Anousha Payne, Murmurations (study) 3, 2025, watercolour on paper, 41 x 31 cm | 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in
Anousha Payne, Murmurations (study) 17, 2025, watercolour on paper, 41 x 31 cm | 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in