Socket to Sit in
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 5th
Socket to sit in.
A receptacle for rest.
A viscous liquid held in cupped hands, dripping slowly between the cracks of the fingers.
A ball and socket is a point of articulation, a joint. A puppet is defined by articulation in order to fulfill its role as a surrogate. Some of the works are explicitly puppets, some are explicitly sockets (with or without its ball-mate), but all of the works are surrogates for the physical or emotional self.
The show is a collection of works from four Chicago-based artists, who, each in their own way…
CM Clemente’s work investigates how physical conditions inform a spiritual experience. Using abject materials, the work proposes sites of reverence in equal parts ecstasy and disgust.
JohnClaud Valentine Ruder weaves homebodies- amorphous collections of snot knots— that act as a foundation for muddled recollections to be revealed. Through laborious and repetitive acts of tying, memory moments are readily undone.
Timnah Rosenshine’s practice oscillates between durational performance work and intuitive drawing. Her performances exercise a more considered form of movement, while the ink on paper employs a more spontaneous gestural mark-making. Both mediums rely on ritual to elevate the idiosyncratic through repetition.
Liv Sciford’s work melds their own memories and imagination into oil paintings and drawings. Through oil and graphite, soft lines and cool colors blur the lines between actual memory and idealization. These dream-like images prompt viewers to contemplate and reconsider the lens through which they see their own recollections.
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Tags: Chicago, CM Clemente, JohnClaud Valentine Ruder, Liv Sciford, Lower West Side, Parlour and Ramp, Timnah Rosenshine
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