Maya Watanabe. Zhùr, 2024. Single channel video installation. 18 minutes. Courtesy of the artist, Tegenboschvanvreden, and 80m2 Livia Benavides.

Nyugen E. Smith. Bundle House Rise up and Walk I, 2022. Found wood, fabric, canvas, fur, metal, wire, bells, acrylic, rubber, shoes, nails, ceramic, leather, plastic, oil pastel, oil stick, graphite, net, cork, sequins, and beads. 80 x 30 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and John Michael Kohler Art Center.

Ellie Schmidt. Sandcastles, 2020. Video, sound. 15:05 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.

Sandra M. Sawatzky. The Black Gold Tapestry, 2008-2017. Silk and wool threads on flax linen cloth. 219.8 feet. Courtesy of the artist.

Katie Paterson. To Burn, Forest, Fire, 2021/2024 (Originally commissioned by IHME Helsinki). Bespoke incense sticks. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Veikko Somerpuro.

LOT-EK. Hosfelt Gallery SPILL installation view, 2023. Deconstructed shipping containers, wood. Courtesy Hosfelt Gallery.

Imani Jacqueline Brown. What remains at the ends of the earth?, 2022. Dimensions variable. Installation view, 12th Berlin Biennale, 2022. Photo: dotgain.info.

Akea Brionne. The Moon Directs the Sea, 2023. Jacquard, rhinestones, thread, Poly-fil. 48 x 96 inches. Photo: PD Rearick. Image courtesy of the artist and Library Street Collective.

Justin Brice. Somerset House, London installation view, 2019. 10 solar powered LED highway message boards. Courtesy of the artist.

Displacement Upcoming

June 27–December 8, 2024

Maya Watanabe. Zhùr, 2024. Single channel video installation. 18 minutes. Courtesy of the artist, Tegenboschvanvreden, and 80m2 Livia Benavides.

Nyugen E. Smith. Bundle House Rise up and Walk I, 2022. Found wood, fabric, canvas, fur, metal, wire, bells, acrylic, rubber, shoes, nails, ceramic, leather, plastic, oil pastel, oil stick, graphite, net, cork, sequins, and beads. 80 x 30 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and John Michael Kohler Art Center.

Ellie Schmidt. Sandcastles, 2020. Video, sound. 15:05 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.

Sandra M. Sawatzky. The Black Gold Tapestry, 2008-2017. Silk and wool threads on flax linen cloth. 219.8 feet. Courtesy of the artist.

Katie Paterson. To Burn, Forest, Fire, 2021/2024 (Originally commissioned by IHME Helsinki). Bespoke incense sticks. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Veikko Somerpuro.

LOT-EK. Hosfelt Gallery SPILL installation view, 2023. Deconstructed shipping containers, wood. Courtesy Hosfelt Gallery.

Imani Jacqueline Brown. What remains at the ends of the earth?, 2022. Dimensions variable. Installation view, 12th Berlin Biennale, 2022. Photo: dotgain.info.

Akea Brionne. The Moon Directs the Sea, 2023. Jacquard, rhinestones, thread, Poly-fil. 48 x 96 inches. Photo: PD Rearick. Image courtesy of the artist and Library Street Collective.

Justin Brice. Somerset House, London installation view, 2019. 10 solar powered LED highway message boards. Courtesy of the artist.

Displacement, an exhibition of works by contemporary artists, explores the relationship between humans and their environments. Through textiles, sculptures, film, and scents, this exhibition examines human-driven alterations to the sea, land, and air, and the ways in which those systems are responding.

By investigating the historic and current relationship between industrial civilization and the natural world, a range of issues are called into the frame, including migration, adaptation, and extinction. The visual languages of the artists in Displacement offer a lens through which the arc of human-environmental dynamics can be assessed and reconsidered.

Artists
Maya WatanabeNyugen E. SmithEllie SchmidtSandra M. SawatzkyKatie PatersonLOT-EKImani Jacqueline BrownAkea BrionneJustin Brice
Free and open to the public. Always.
Credits

Displacement was curated by Artistic and Executive Director Lisa Tung.

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