Snowdrops
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Snowdrops is a multidisciplinary exhibition highlighting the work of six contemporary artists dealing with themes of remembrance, resilience, and renewal. Snowdrops features works by Katsuyo Aoki, Serwan Baran, Debra Cartwright, Yashua Klos, Eden Auerbach Ofrat, and Kazumi Tanaka.
Extract of snowdrop flowers has been used since ancient times to counteract memory loss and traumatic injuries to the nervous system. The plant's poisonous bulbs procreate underground and bloom, through frost, in late winter. According to a Greek myth, Persephone, the goddess of spring and nature, was forced by her uncle Hades to inhabit the underworld for the fall and winter months, while nature withered, mourning her absence. Each spring she returned to Earth, bringing snowdrops with her. The exhibition is a meditation on death, growth, and transformation.
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Kazumi TanakaMandola, 2021Channeled whelk shell, wood, metal string, animal bone
Bow: wood, mother of pearl, artist’s white hair8h x 3w x2 ½d in
Bow: 9 ½h x ¼w x ½d in.
Pedestal: 3 ¾h x 10w x 10d in. with mount -
Katsuyo AokiPredictive Dream LVI, 2018Porcelain12 x 12 x 16 in.
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Debra CartwrightLauren, 2023Watercolor collage on paper9 x 12 in.
22.9 x 30.5 cm.
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Debra Cartwright bases her practice on research into the abhorrent practices of the “father” of American gynecology, J. Marion Sims, who performed experimental surgeries on enslaved Black women. Transcending violence and theft of selfhood, Cartwright’s paintings create space for re-embodiment, myth creation, and intimacy.
Kazumi Tanaka sculpts miniature musical instruments from animal skulls, and draws with tea and inks handmade of wildflowers. The drawings in the exhibition focus on Kiku, a flower known in Japan for its medicinal properties and given as an offering to the deceased. Feelings of loss of ancestral and childhood memories give way to new connections with nature.
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Kazumi TanakaKiku #4, 2023Rooibos tea10 x 10 in.
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Debra CartwrightStepping Higher Than Their Mothers, 2024Watercolor collage on paper12 x 9 in.
30.5 x 22.9 cm. -
Kazumi TanakaKiku #5, 2023PG tips tea
10 x 10 in. -
Debra CartwrightIntimate Arrangements, 2024Watercolor collage on paper12 x 9 in.
30.5 x 22.9 cm. -
Kazumi TanakaKiku #7, 202310 x 10 in.
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Debra CartwrightWorld Building , 2023Watercolor collage on paper12 x 9 in.
30.5 x 22.9 cm.
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