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Abjection as Abstraction - Curated by Adriana Wynne

Mar 15, 2021
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“Abjection as Abstraction” is a virtual group show featuring both emerging and established
artists from all backgrounds based in the United Kingdom and the United States. The show
presents works ranging from sculptural objects, installations, paintings, written text,
photographs, and prints.

This international online exhibition explores notions of the abject through forms of abstraction.
Abjection can be a complex and ambiguous concept; the abject can be understood as a threat,
something that doesn't let itself become seduced, or a source of differentiation or process of
rejection between the self and the non-self.

The process of abjection may be triggered by disgust or phobia. It is without status and exists
socially as a sense of denial. It fails to be recognized as familiar or desirable, causing it to carry
a sense of uncanniness that is inseparable from abstraction, which relies on the unfamiliar. We
asked the artists in this show what abjectness is to them. Is it caused by the self? Or something
external?

Apples II
Apples II Dougal MacArthur Digital C-type Print 20 x 24 inches 2020
Calf Leg
Calf Leg Dougal MacArthur Chromogenic Print 16 x 20 inches 2020
Foetus and fly
Foetus and fly Dougal MacArthur Digital C-type Print 12 x 16 inches 2020
Haniwa
Haniwa Nikako Kanamoto Saggar fired Ceramic, string Dimensions Variable 2018
Intent/Content
Intent/Content (bricks featured in Intent/Content) Alexia Mavroleon 30 concrete bricks, flowers dimensions variable 2019

https://youtu.be/qCgK1QJh2mw

Intent/Content Alexia Mavroleon Video 30 Concrete bricks (194 x 92 x 57mm) 27" Monitor Flowers 2019 
Untitled
Untitled Tom White Charcoal 21 x 29.7 centimeters 2020
Made In London
Made In London Tom White Charcoal on paper 21 x 29.7 centimeters 2020
Untitled
Untitled Tom White Charcoal 21 x 29.7 centimeters 2020
Untitled
Untitled Tom White Charcoal 21 x 29.7 centimeters 2020
‘MY FAT HEAD’
‘MY FAT HEAD’ Daisy May  Pig fat, alpaca wool, aluminium wire,steel, MDF, acrylic paint 90 x 20 centimeters 2020 video documentation
Art Practice no.1
Art Practice no.1 Earl Fox Rope strung through the climbing loop in ceiling, boots, bicycle helmet. Dimensions Variable 2020
Clone Core
Clone Core Alec Snow Ceiling tile, metal, paper, acrylic, adhesive 65 x 13 x 13 inches 2020
Beside Oneself (Position/Character/Position /Character)
Beside Oneself (Position/Character/Position /Character) Alec Snow Ceiling tile, acrylic, adhesive 73 x 34 x 6 inches 2020
Through it and Throughout
Through it and Throughout Lauren Phillips Foam, wood, plastic crate, hardware 40.5 x 30 x 15 inches 2020
Through it and Throughout
Through it and Throughout Lauren Phillips Foam, wood, plastic crate, hardware 40.5 x 30 x 15 inches 2020
Disembodied
Disembodied Adriana Wynne Metal, Latex Dimensions Variable 2020
Disembodied
Disembodied Adriana Wynne Metal, Latex Dimensions Variable 2020
These days, I wonder whether the world would look better blurry
These days, I wonder whether the world would look better blurry Sang Woo Kim Oil on Canvas 60 x 45 centimeters 2021
Green Felt Tips
Green Felt Tips Ash Kingston C-type print 18 x 12 iches 2017
Stunt Double
Stunt Double Alexander James Acrylic on paper 30 x 42 centimeters 2019
No Name #1
No Name #1 Jack Laver Mixed Media on Paper (framed) 23 x 30.5 centimeters 2019
Untitled
Untitled Adrian Schachter  Mixed media on wooden panel 18 x 24 inches 2018
Hairy man contest
Hairy man contest Ash Kingston C-type print 18 x 12 inches 2019
She’ll only cause an atmosphere
She’ll only cause an atmosphere Ash Kingston C-type print 18 x 12 inches 2020
One Night Stand
One Night Stand Desi Perez Digital Print 33 x 49.76 inches 2020
2007
2007 Saudia Jones mixed media and collage 34 x 22 inches 2020
SPRING
SPRING Erin Washington Crayon and Gel Pen 8.5 x 11 inches 2021
(NONE OF THEM HAD IT EASY)
(NONE OF THEM HAD IT EASY) Erin Washington   Oil on Canvas & Text   24 X 24 inches 2020
This Is Lame
This Is Lame Lumia Nocito Collage 7 x 9 inches 2020
Present
Present Lumia Nocito Collage 7 x 9 inches 2020
Gone
Gone Lumia Nocito Collage 7 x 9 inches 2020
Grounding Techniques
Grounding Techniques Lumia Nocito Collage 7 x 9 inches 2020
Glory Hole
Glory Hole Desi Perez Digital Print 33 x 49.76 inches 2020
Power & Courage of Teenage Hormones
Power & Courage of Teenage Hormones Morgan Maher inkjet print & collection of childhood earrings 8 x 10 inches 2020

https://youtu.be/GaeSRdzvqls

We Want Chunks Miscommunication from Brain to Mouth to Ear to Other Brain Zac Kresl  Video 1 minute 56 seconds 2020
Calf
Calf Dougal MacArthur Chromogenic Print) 20 x 30 inches 2020
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