Abditio Cabinet
Charles Burnand Gallery
CLIENT
London, UK
LOCATION
OVERVIEW
At its centre stands Abditio, a cabinet of quiet strength and profound intricacy by Jean-Gabriel Neukomm.
Forged from textured steel and hand-silvered glass, Abditio embodies the tension between concealment and revelation. Four cast-glass doors, each uniquely formed, silvered, and etched, possess a surface that reads less as glass than as polished stone or metal. Their distressed patina and organic contours reflect light in shifting tones of grey and silver, evoking both solidity and erosion.
The doors overlap and open in a precise sequence, transforming the act of access into a quiet performance…like unwrapping a parcel of extraordinary weight. Within, the steel carcass and sculpted shelves follow the undulating rhythm of the exterior, merging artistry and engineering in equal measure.
Abditio stands as both container and sentinel, a work that blurs the boundaries between architecture and sculpture; deliberate, monumental, and quietly transcendent.
Photography by Jason Pearson
