AXIOM #1, Premises

Topos (TOPO, rhetoric) refers to a collection of topics and arguments used by ancient orators to persuade their audiences.

Topo is another word for speech, proposition, or presentation. To develop a topo on a query...

The Greek term for a place, any designated area, or space is topos.

TOPOs can be understood as a forum for ideas and discussion.

AXIOM #1, Premisses _ Gemalte Bilder | Bilder des Malens 

For the launch of the nomadic Artist Run Structure TOPO?, dedicated to theory and conceptual Art, this exhibition groups the artist works of the two main actors, Jofroi Amaral and Manuel Abenrtoth, LAb[au]. Under the title premisses the show articulate the two artistic approaches within a general framework of the artistic platform. The central work  of the show is a library of 48 tomes, entitled AXIOMS, outlining the conceptual considerations and as such placing the theoretic considerations right into  the center.