GROUP EXHIBITION

A Gift Never Given is a Blessing

FjordJan 18, 2025 — Feb 22, 2025
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The canvas takes what you give it. Every stroke, scrape, and smear is not only welcomed, but coveted by the surface you work on. You pursue this material exchange in the hopes of a reciprocal evocation. The generosity of your conjuring crawls towards the promise of self-fulfillment. Achievements are vague, but a small gesture of balance would suBice, any indication of a flicker will feed your propulsion. But this relationship is skewed, the energy put in is not what you’re getting out. The brush you use doesn’t belong to you, not like you think it does. It’s a tool of vampirism, a straw used to suck your lifeforce up and out of you. The suction creates a vacuum, which creates a rift, which creates a faultline, which becomes a canyon. Everything can be fixed, right?

Even the deepest canyons can be filled if you throw enough into them. The first step is hoarding. Over time the small frivolous piles around you will start to gain weight, maybe even importance. Before you know it,...More expand_more

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Installation View of "A Gift Never Given is a Blessing"
GROUP EXHIBITION

A Gift Never Given is a Blessing

FjordJan 18, 2025 — Feb 22, 2025
Press Release
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The canvas takes what you give it. Every stroke, scrape, and smear is not only welcomed, but coveted by the surface you work on. You pursue this material exchange in the hopes of a reciprocal evocation. The generosity of your conjuring crawls towards the promise of self-fulfillment. Achievements are vague, but a small gesture of balance would suBice, any indication of a flicker will feed your propulsion. But this relationship is skewed, the energy put in is not what you’re getting out. The brush you use doesn’t belong to you, not like you think it does. It’s a tool of vampirism, a straw used to suck your lifeforce up and out of you. The suction creates a vacuum, which creates a rift, which creates a faultline, which becomes a canyon. Everything can be fixed, right?

Even the deepest canyons can be filled if you throw enough into them. The first step is hoarding. Over time the small frivolous piles around you will start to gain weight, maybe even importance. Before you know it,...More expand_more

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1720 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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