Standstill presents a set of works by Alexandre Canonico and Paul Barlow at Kubikgallery after having shared the same studio for six months. Both artists articulate certain ideas related to perpetual experience, economy of means and contingency through painting, in the work of Barlow and through sculpture, in the work of Canonico. Barlow’s paintings are constructed through the process of wearing and draining paint with water, causing tension on the surface that causes both the revelation and disappearance of an image. Canonico’s three-dimensional works are composed of everyday industrial materials such as steel washers, straps, MDF boards, and explores the way in which these materials meet and behave in relation to themselves and the space where they are installed. In response to the intersection of each artist’s work and the gallery’s architecture, the works present in this exhibition are a moment held in pause, something that was in motion but stopped and is now fixed in a visualization.