Swarm’s Grip
Suzanna Zak
Lauren Quin
September 6, 2019
@
Holiday Forever
335 S Milward St
Jackson Hole, WY
Does the Forest
Feel Familiar
Actors for another
Seams or gaps or a safe distance
Numbers act elastic
Numbering is all about recognition
When no static thresholds are available,
Consult a vibratory meaning
Count the pores that grow wider in Georgia heat
Some glistening clarity covering a touch too thick
You get covered
In humidity whether you like it or not
I guess the wind doesn’t always bring
A storm or even rain
Would I know on my own that my body is water
Upstate apples ripen faster than you think when you’re living
In the city
Beginning with the exchange of photographic material, Zak and Quin have produced bodies of work under the influence of one another. The resultant exhibition of painting, photography and sculpture stems from an artistic dialogue rooted in this friendship. A sum of this interaction yields considerations of types of looking, of pushing vision beyond imagery, of looking more broadly - more lightly - through the periphery. Fragile, fractured or decaying images depicting nature weave between these artists work. And while singular works are deeply anchored in the artists individual practice, this extended conversation on nature and looking, on painting and photography, on environment, underpins an expanded breadth in each.
