In Lieu is pleased to present All I remember now:, an exhibition with work by Sophie Friedman-Pappas, Wanda Koop, André Magaña, Kyung-Me, Nour Mobarak, and Brittany Shepherd. All I remember now: considers each artist’s approach to memory.
Sophie Friedman-Pappas’ sculptural constructions are born out of a childhood in downtown Manhattan. Ever-privy to the ruptures within urban ecosystems, Friedman-Pappas incorporates duct tape, found trash, and other fragile materials to create works that reference the moments when municipal bureaucracies attempt to tamper down or conceal chaos. Quick Plug depicts a collapsed tree splintering out of a city planter. A fire hydrant cap sits awkardly over the trunk as a quick fix.
Wanda Koop and Kyung-Me both depict scenes that exist in absentia, a removal from time or place that creates a dreamlike atmosphere. Koop’s paintings place the viewer at a faraway approach upon a city or community. The scene could be ancient or future-born. Drips or streaks of color further disorient, glitching the composition. Kyung-Me’s highly intricate drawings are often completed in series, each work depicting a different room within a refined architectural setting. Rendered in a simplistic single-point perspective, the scenes feel familiar but unspecific.
André Magaña creates sculptures that are enlarged replicas of foods and consumables relevant to his Mexican-American identity and upbringing. Here, Magaña displays two works that are based on the oft-memed Dora the Explorer popsicles that appear disfigured or partially-melted upon unpackaging. Efigie de Santa Dora Mordido o Un Término Ma-Licioso #1 has a large bite out of its left side and Egifie de Santa Dora Goteando o Un Término Bien Lento #2 depicts a popsicle whose eyes are slowly melting off.
Nour Mobarak utilizes mycelium to encase and shroud paintings of highly personal moments in the artist’s life. The paintings are drafted based on memory alone and then set into an acrylic case where the fungal growth takes over. Brittany Shepherd’s paintings explore various sub-niches of fetish communities that eroticize everyday objects or occurences. White-collar, seen here, is part of a series that depicts imagery associated with wetlook, an eroticization of wet-looking clothing.
