{"title":"Helen Berggruen: Suspension of the Future Tense","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"exhibition-introduction\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOctober 8–November 8, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArader Galleries\u003cbr\u003e1380 Main Street, Saint Helena, California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuspension of the Future Tense\u003c\/em\u003e takes its title from art historian T. J. Clark’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sight of Death\u003c\/em\u003e, a sustained meditation on paintings by the eighteenth-century French artist Nicolas Poussin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe phrase describes a phenomenon particular to painting: the past is implied, the future remains unknown, and only the present moment is held before us. Under certain conditions, time seems to stand still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It can be light and dark at the same time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfooter\u003eT. J. Clark\u003c\/footer\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross Helen Berggruen’s paintings, such contrasts are allowed to coexist: inside and outside, past and present, stillness and motion, light and dark. Each image gathers traces of what has already happened while withholding what might come next, suspending the viewer in the vivid uncertainty of now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuspension of the Future Tense\u003c\/em\u003e, 2025\u003cbr\u003eOil on linen\u003cbr\u003e30 × 40 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/9544\/collections\/Helen-Berggruen-Suspension-of-the-Future-Tense-2025.jpg?v=1789486494","url":"https:\/\/araderca.com\/collections\/helen-berggruen-suspension-of-the-future-tense.oembed","provider":"Arader Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}