On a Bit of Earth Which Had No Name

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Opening: Sunday, August 30, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Group exhibition of seven young, emerging international artists during Art Basel 2026. BASEL, SWITZERLAND – The 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel is pleased to present On a Bit of Earth Which Had No Name, a group exhibition featuring seven young, emerging international artists. Their works explore memory, place, and origin through material transformation and cultural satire. The exhibition runs parallel to Art Basel 2026 (August 28–30) and will be on view until October 17. It offers a contemporary reflection on hybrid identities and hidden legacies in a time of global upheaval. In a fluid world of shifting identities – echoing the satirical shifts in Saadat Hasan Manto's narratives of division and migration – the artists reveal hidden narratives. They combine introspection with precise critique to rethink cultural heritage. In painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation, form itself becomes a site of transformation, where personal and collective memory is carried, folded, eroded, or playfully subverted. Participating artists: Alberto Alejandro Rodríguez (b. 1995, Havana) reconstructs fragmented interiors from architectural remnants. In works like Destruction III, he suspends parts of destroyed buildings, transforming erosion into a physical archive of time and memory. Z. T. Nguyễn (they/he, b. 1997, Vietnamese-American; Yale MFA 2025) examines the charged space between stasis and rupture through nocturnal, pseudo-mythological drawings on folded 8.5 × 11 inch sheets. These mobile works become carriers of migrant and queer transitional states. Morgan Ogilvie (MFA, CalArts, 2020) paints unreliable female narrators from Western iconography. Works like the series Obstinate Toy Soldiers and Lady Liberty evoke the psychological unease of a moment when icons begin to consume their own ideals. Shuto Mizukami (b. 2001, Tokyo; Tokyo University of the Arts) creates tactile, mythologically influenced sculptures. In Cat House Chain and Cat Egg Chain, domestic forms contain intimate oil paintings of cats and frame the home as a site of care and hidden legacies. Koji Nakamura (b. 2001, Nagano Prefecture; Tokyo University of the Arts, 2025) invokes animistic beings in kinetic sculptures. His series Metamorphosis Guitar and the relational dolls Can I Make 100 Friends? connect traditional Japanese object spirituality with contemporary satire. Michael Wang (b. in New York) finds subtle humor in hybrid identities and global stereotypes. In The Last Emperor (2025), imperial garments are recontextualized against a cosmic background. Selin Nisa Açıkel, a Turkish artist and material-oriented architect living in London, explores partial cultural transmission in her drawing series Veil. Drawing from the Circassian-Turkish diaspora, she treats portraiture as a temporally fragmented state between erasure and return. Exhibition duration: August 30 – October 17, 2026. Opening / Public Opening: Sunday, August 30, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Location: Hammerstrasse 121, 4057 Basel, Switzerland. During Art Basel (August 28–30): Extended hours according to the official festival program (Friday from 1:00 PM, Saturday & Sunday from 11:00 AM). Guided tour on Sunday, August 30 at 2:00 PM. Regular hours: Tuesday–Friday 2:00 PM–6:00 PM, Saturday 1:00 PM–5:00 PM or by appointment. Collector appointments and private viewings are welcome. High-resolution images and further information available upon request: [info@532gallery.com](mailto:info@532gallery.com) | [www.532gallery.com](https://www.532gallery.com)

Highlights

• Group exhibition featuring seven emerging international artists
• Opening on August 30, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
• Explores themes of memory, place, and cultural identity

General Information

On a Bit of Earth Which Had No Name is a group exhibition at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel during Art Basel 2026. The exhibition showcases works that reflect on hybrid identities and hidden legacies, running until October 17, 2026.

Location

Hammerstrasse 121, 4057 Basel, Switzerland

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