Bringing together works in installation, video, photography, painting, sculpture, and performance, Breaking Water is a group exhibition that offers a range of approaches to the subject of water, liquidity, and feminism. The exhibition will debut four new commissions by Paul Maheke, Josèfa Ntjam, Claudia Peña Salinas, and a collaborative work by Calista Lyon and Carmen Winant alongside new and existing work by an international group of artists whose work explores themes of fluidity, connectivity, and resistance, and addresses timely concerns including water rights, climate change, and the effects of natural disasters.
Breaking Water
Andrea Carlson, Crude Hands, 2016. Digital video, 1 min, 36 sec. Courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis.
Jes Fan, Diagram VIII, 2020. Aqua resin, mica, glass and pigment, 14 x 22 x 5 inches. Private Collection, courtesy of the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo: Pierre Le Hors.
Cécilia Bengolea, Mosquito Net, 2019. Vinyl mounted on wood, 11 parts, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm/Paris
Cleo Fariselli, Untitled (Half Face), 2019. Raku ceramics, 10.4 x 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Silvia Mangosio and Luca Vianello, 2019.
Marcos Ávila Forero, ATRATO, 2014. HD color video, with sound. 13 min., 52 sec.
Courtesy of the artist and ADN Galeria, Barcelona.
Paul Maheke, Seeking After the Fully Grown Dancer *deep within*, 2016-2018. Documentation of performance at Blackwood Gallery, Toronto. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Sultana, Paris. Photo: Henry Chan.
Jaana Laakkonen, ouoùouille, 2020. Installation detail.
Carolina Caycedo, “Water Portraits,” 2015 – present. Photocollage printed on cotton, dimensions variable. Installation view courtesy of Henry Art Gallery, Seattle.
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Andy Warhol graduates from the Carnegie Technical Institute (now Carnegie Mellon University) with a degree in Pictorial Design.