ONLINE: Promises
Jason McCoy Gallery is pleased to present Promises, which features a group of recent clay sculptures by Keiko Narahashi, Elisa Soliven and Marla Sweitzer. All of these unique works were built and glazed by hand.
Conceived of and selected during the pandemic, this exhibition marks the gallery鈥檚 first project to be curated virtually. In fact, one of the artists, Marla Sweitzer, was only recently introduced to the gallery through our ongoing weekly Drawing Challenge, which invites all artists to share their work in response to specific poems, lyrics, and literary excerpts. Though this first initial presentation of Promises will occur online only, we are looking forward to showcasing the work in the gallery in the near future.
The exhibition鈥檚 title and concept were directly inspired by an excerpt from Louise Bourgeois鈥� Ode 脿 Ma M猫re (1995). On page 32 of this exceptional artist book, Bourgeois describes how she imbues her work with meaning and without revealing too much; how she offers the work to the viewer by consciously holding on to some of its secrets. The 鈥減romises鈥� she mentions are less an assurance of something particular to occur in the future than a form of playful connection with the viewer.
The works assembled in Promises reflect the sentiment expressed by Bourgeois in that they also establish a flexible bond between viewer and object, which is not so much sparked by specific expectations, but rather by an awakening of curiosity. In that, they remain consciously ambiguous; neither descriptive nor simply gestural, they hover between the concrete and amorphous.
As we as a society are adjusting to the realization that certain predictions for the foreseeable future seem almost impossible, we might take strength in the fact that the promises that do hold resolute are those made in earnest - to each other, to our families, and to ourselves.
Jason McCoy Gallery is pleased to present Promises, which features a group of recent clay sculptures by Keiko Narahashi, Elisa Soliven and Marla Sweitzer. All of these unique works were built and glazed by hand.
Conceived of and selected during the pandemic, this exhibition marks the gallery鈥檚 first project to be curated virtually. In fact, one of the artists, Marla Sweitzer, was only recently introduced to the gallery through our ongoing weekly Drawing Challenge, which invites all artists to share their work in response to specific poems, lyrics, and literary excerpts. Though this first initial presentation of Promises will occur online only, we are looking forward to showcasing the work in the gallery in the near future.
The exhibition鈥檚 title and concept were directly inspired by an excerpt from Louise Bourgeois鈥� Ode 脿 Ma M猫re (1995). On page 32 of this exceptional artist book, Bourgeois describes how she imbues her work with meaning and without revealing too much; how she offers the work to the viewer by consciously holding on to some of its secrets. The 鈥減romises鈥� she mentions are less an assurance of something particular to occur in the future than a form of playful connection with the viewer.
The works assembled in Promises reflect the sentiment expressed by Bourgeois in that they also establish a flexible bond between viewer and object, which is not so much sparked by specific expectations, but rather by an awakening of curiosity. In that, they remain consciously ambiguous; neither descriptive nor simply gestural, they hover between the concrete and amorphous.
As we as a society are adjusting to the realization that certain predictions for the foreseeable future seem almost impossible, we might take strength in the fact that the promises that do hold resolute are those made in earnest - to each other, to our families, and to ourselves.
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