The terse ghost story and thriller Personal Shopper made by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (2016) provides a productive point of departure for the group-show Spiritual Abstractions. This exhibition gathers works by intergenerational women, transitional or fluid artists including Tania Candiani, Hilma’s Ghost, Kati Horna, Magali Lara, France-Lise McGurn, Vibe Overgaard, and Salmo Suyo.
The works selected for this group show unfold premonitory questions that examine how women's struggles affect and matter to the immediate political future of humanity. Assayas’ suggestive yet problematic piece of contemporary cinematic fiction serves as a productive framework that allows to explore new methodologies and formal strategies deployed by women artists, which to some extent can be traced back to historical Spiritualist abstraction.
Tania Candiani
La Maringuilla, 2022
Video 00:03:00 min
1.90:1, Variable
Unique
Hilma's Ghost
"Jump through the violet portal! The Queen and Page are here to ferry you to the other side. There are signs and symbols to transform your relationship with the material plane. Attract abundance and throw your pentacles into the golden light. The prosperity fire in the realm of the inner square awaits you.", 2023
Acrylic and flashe on canvas
213.4 x 152.4 cm
84 x 60 in
Unique
Kati Horna
Oda a la necrofilia, 1962
Gelatin silver print
34.3 x 27.7 cm
13 1/2 x 11 in
Magali Lara
Untitled, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
154 x 113 cm
60 3/4 x 44 1/2 in
Unique
France-Lise McGurn
Rose Hotel, 2023
Oil and marker pen on canvas
120 x 160 cm
47 1/4 x 63 in
Unique
Vibe Overgaard
Block Spindle Piece, 2023
Found wood, reclaimed wood, unglazed ceramic, thread, metal bolts
55.9 x 35.6 x 15.2 cm
22 x 14 x 6 in
Unique
Salmo Suyo
Series: Disforia, 2021
Painting, cyan pigment
172 x 114 cm
67 3/4 x 45 in
Unique