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"5 Artists We Discovered at Felix Art Fair 2026"
Arun Kakar
February 26, 2026
Sacha Ingber
B. 1987, Rio de Janeiro. Lives and works in New York.
Showing with Uffner & Liu
Part painting, part ceramic, part architectural fragment, Stolen Document 3 (2022), on view at Felix 2026, distills Brazilian artist Sacha Ingber’s ongoing exploration of bureaucracy and craft.
The work consists of two irregular fragments of glazed ceramic mounted inside a thick, curving cast frame with a red inner edge. They’re presented like archaeological fragments, with sections of cane webbing—more commonly found in chair seats or backs—filling parts of the ceramic.
The wall sculpture belongs to a larger body of work inspired by a visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum, according to Uffner & Liu director Lucy Liu. There, Ingber began reflecting on how, as children, we are trained to see and organize the world in grids. Across the surface of the ceramic, loose, gestural marks echo the rhythm of handwriting without yielding legible information. At the same time, green-blue inkjet-transferred grids and administrative symbols impose a sense of rigid formatting. This tension between improvisation and order animates the work: it’s surprising, fragile, and beautiful.
Ingber, who previously exhibited with the gallery under its former name, Rachel Uffner Gallery, will mount a solo presentation at the gallery next month.
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