Atelier Notes · № 1

‘Frondescent’

Io Makandal · @iomakandal
Read by the Attesté Atelier · 11 August 2026
Atelier Notes № 1 card — a typeset curatorial read of ‘Frondescent’ by Io Makandal. The imagery is Attesté studio backdrop art, not the artwork itself.

A floating assemblage of foliage, textiles and paintings that refuses to hold still — the organic matter inside ‘Frondescent’ keeps decaying, so the work is never the same twice. Entropy isn’t fought here; it’s the medium. Most artists race time. This one collaborates with it.

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