Group Exhibition curated by Gary Brewer at the Wonzimer Gallery.
On view with other featured artists Tim Hawkinson, Alicia Piller, Matthew Brandt, Paul Paiement, Olivia Sears/Earl Flewellen, Cheyann Washington, Aline Mare, Gary Brewer, Ernie Lee.
In her book Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things, political theorist Jane Bennett suggests the idea of “vital materialism”, and articulates how non- human ‘things’ have agency that can affect and shape the outcomes of human endeavors.
Nobel prize-winning scientist Gerald Edelman proposes a novel theory of consciousness. He believes that our brain is not a fixed and unchangeable biological structure. In his book Bright Air Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind he articulates the idea that the mind is nimble and shape-shifting; the brain literally rewires itself in response to new experiences. It is shaped by the changing world around us.
The exhibition is a poetic homage to these thinkers and a reflection of how our physical interaction with materials shapes the visual language that we create and its meaning.
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