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LET ME TAKE YOU THERE


Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux, Miruna Drăgan, Emily Jan, Sara Khan, Hea R. Kim, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Marigold Santos, Eve Tagny, Katherine Takpannie

Let me take you there, 2023, installation detail


Let me take you there, 2023, installation detail Let me take you there, 2023, installation detail

Exhibition

Doris McCarthy Gallery, 2023
Photo documentation by Toni Hafkenscheid



The stories we tell about the world – how it came to be, what forces influence its course, and what our place is in its ecosystem – articulate who we are as much as who we could be. Passed on through many generations, these beliefs, legends or parables never belong to the past; their teachings continue their work in the present as they keep showing us how we can forge boundless paths forward, constantly rebuilding the world. Even if sometimes forgotten and lost, they linger in our inherited subconscious and may be recalled intuitively through our receptive bodies.




                       
Marigold Santos, shroud (in threadbare light) 1, 2020, acrylic, pigment and gesso on canvas Marigold Santos, shroud (in threadbare light) 2, 2020, acrylic, pigment and gesso on canvas Foreground: Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas (detail), 2022; Background: Katherine Takpannie, Sedna | ᓴᓐᓇ #6, #10, #4, 2021 Kosisochukwu Nnebe, since what I might be is uncontainable (detail), 2019, digital prints on Plexiglass cutouts, light, sound Hea R. Kim, Sugary Islands, 2023, mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.) Sara Khan, Those who came before us, 2020, watercolour and pencil on paper; My Creature and I, 2020, mixed media on paper; Performance on the Terrace – Bullheaded, 2020, watercolour on paper; Performance on the Terrace, 2020, watercolour on paper; Performance on the Terrace – Magar Mach Ke Ansoo (Crocodile Tears), 2020, watercolour on paper


Let me take you there is an exhibition that brings together a group of Canadian artists whose practices draw upon ancestral histories and knowledge accessed through oral traditions, folklore, spiritual practices and embodied awareness, to envision possible futures. Inspired by cultural stories of creation, transformation and rebirth, as well as instinctively conceived rituals of empathy and repair, these artists propose new ways of being in community and a rethinking of social and natural systems, interpersonal relations, and beyond-human connections. Through their work, they extend an invitation to collectively dream the world anew.


Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas (detail), 2022, wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas (detail), 2022, wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux, Mater Salvatoris, 2022, acrylic on canvas Foreground: Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas (detail), 2022, wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna; Background: Miruna Drăgan, Visitation, VII & VIII, 2023, infinitely expandable rugs, Fibonacci tree of life wool and over-dyed cotton on indigo-dyed warp Eve Tagny, Sutures (video still), 2022, one-channel video, 18:17 min Katherine Takpannie, Sedna | ᓴᓐᓇ #10, 2021, archival pigment print Sara Khan Those who came before us, 2020, watercolour and pencil on paper Hea R. Kim Sugary Islands (detail), 2023, mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.)



Kosisochukwu Nnebe Ndi nna nnanyi na ezuko maka na anyi zukoro / Imaaqai, suvulivut katittut katisimagannuk / The ancestors are meeting because we have met (2022), video, 22:01, installation view Let me take you there, 2023, installation detail Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas (detail), 2022, wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna Miruna Drăgan, Visitation, VII & VIII, 2023, Infinitely expandable rugs, Fibonacci tree of life, Wool and over-dyed cotton on indigo-dyed warp Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux, Majisyen, 2020 (left) and Tanbouryè, 2022 (right), Acrylic on canvas Kosisochukwu Nnebe, since what I might be is uncontainable (detail), 2019, digital prints on Plexiglass cutouts, light, sound Eve Tagny, Shelters for ancient grains, 2022, one-channel video, 16:30 min; Sutures, 2022, one-channel video, 18:17 min; oat seeds, long grass Eve Tagny, Shelters for ancient grains (video still), 2022, one-channel video, 16:30 min Eve Tagny, Sutures (video still), 2022, one-channel video, 18:17 min Eve Tagny, Sutures (video still), 2022, one-channel video, 18:17 min Sara Khan, Performance on the Terrace – Bullheaded & Performance on the Terrace, 2020, Watercolour on paper Sara Khan, Performance on the Terrace – Magar Mach Ke Ansoo (Crocodile Tears), 2020, Watercolour on paper Hea R. Kim Sugary Islands (detail), 2023, mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.) Hea R. Kim Sugary Islands (detail), 2023, mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.)


Let me take you there, 2023, installation detail