....eroding territory | curated by Cecilia González Godino | 28 march - 11 May 2024

The artists featured in this exhibition dismantle colonial structures of landscape by reclaiming a geological agency that allows them to dive into the sediments and layers of their diasporic identities—to dive into a “terra” with multiple spaces, undercurrents, and temporalities.

Featuring:

• Alberta Whittle

• Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka

• Assaf Evron

• Christina Leslie

• Farah Salem

• Kara Springer

• Marigold Santos

• Martha Atienza

• Nep Sidhu

• Sebastián Maquieira

..eroding territory | organisée par Cecilia González Godino | 28 mars - 11 Mai 2024

(Texte anglais uniquement disponible)

The artists featured in this exhibition dismantle colonial structures of landscape by reclaiming a geological agency that allows them to dive into the sediments and layers of their diasporic identities—to dive into a “terra” with multiple spaces, undercurrents, and temporalities.

Featuring:

• Alberta Whittle

• Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka

• Assaf Evron

• Christina Leslie

• Farah Salem

• Kara Springer

• Marigold Santos

• Martha Atienza

• Nep Sidhu

• Sebastián Maquieira

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....Brendan George Ko | The Haunted Landscape: chapter one | 28 march - 11 May 2024

Language fails us, often. Its limiting nature sets boundaries that stifle attempts at sharing felt experiences and sensations. And so there is a challenge in being bound to language to translate a body of work that casts exactly that as its primary subject: a feeling. Many will know it well. It is referred to as the uncanny, the enchanted, a haunting, the sublime; often, for lack of better words, it has been said to send a shiver down the spine or to make hair stand on its end. It is an absence so potent that it is present. 

[…] Brendan George Ko explores this stickiness in this first chapter of The Haunted Landscape, comprising a collection of images taken during a recent trip to the Four Corners, a region surrounding the quadripoint where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. Desert valleys, hoodoos, and sandstone monoliths physically define the area; yet, it is an accumulation of histories that shapes its emotional landscape. 

• excerpt from the exhibition text by Kate Kolberg

..Brendan George Ko | The Haunted Landscape: chapter one | 28 mars - 11 Mai 2024

(Texte anglais uniquement disponible)

Language fails us, often. Its limiting nature sets boundaries that stifle attempts at sharing felt experiences and sensations. And so there is a challenge in being bound to language to translate a body of work that casts exactly that as its primary subject: a feeling. Many will know it well. It is referred to as the uncanny, the enchanted, a haunting, the sublime; often, for lack of better words, it has been said to send a shiver down the spine or to make hair stand on its end. It is an absence so potent that it is present. 

[…] Brendan George Ko explores this stickiness in this first chapter of The Haunted Landscape, comprising a collection of images taken during a recent trip to the Four Corners, a region surrounding the quadripoint where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. Desert valleys, hoodoos, and sandstone monoliths physically define the area; yet, it is an accumulation of histories that shapes its emotional landscape. 

• excerpt from the exhibition text by Kate Kolberg

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....KYLE ALDEN MARTENS | SPUN THROUGH THE HEEL | 25 APRIL – 1 JUNE 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 25 (5-8pm)
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 27 @ 2pm

Kyle Alden Martens’ first solo exhibition with Patel Brown presents a boudoir of seductive forms and textures […]. With a queer-tinted sense of artifice, Martens works intimately with leather, silk, wood, jewellery, and other materials. His work speaks to the perennial quest to “fit in” and the universal desire to find a place – metaphorical and literal – for oneself.

• excerpt from the exhibition text by Jon Davies

..KYLE ALDEN MARTENS | SPUN THROUGH THE HEEL | 25 AVRIL – 1 JUIN 2024

Vernissage: jeudi 25 avril (17h-20h)
Présentation d’artiste: samedi 27 avril à 14h

Dans le cadre de sa première exposition solo à Patel Brown, Kyle Alden Martens présente un boudoir de formes et de textures séduisantes […]. Selon un sens de l’artifice teinté de l’influence queer, Martens travaille intimement avec des matières comme le cuir, la soie, le bois et les bijoux. Sa pratique témoigne de notre envie perpétuelle de « s’intégrer » et du désir universel de trouver une place – métaphorique et littérale – pour soi.

• extrait du texte d’exposition par Jon Davies

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