A curation by Sarah Melloul, Curator at Independent - This selection brings together paintings, drawings, and sculptures featuring fish as their motif, a figure whose meanings span cultures and religions. A symbol that can be spiritual, mythological, decorative, or nourishing, it encapsulates diverse collective imaginations and demonstrates a universal iconographic richness. The artists featured in this selection—from Spain, Georgia, Ukraine, China, and France—offer interpretations where abstraction and figuration interact. Through chromatic experimentation and material research, they translate aquatic worlds oscillating between wonder, mystery, and anxiety. The collection offers a sensitive exploration of the symbolic resonances of fish and questions its persistence in contemporary creation.