Twist the Spine
Ghebaly Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
June 1 - June 30, 2018
Ghebaly Gallery is pleased to present Twist the Spine, an exhibition of new works by Philip Hanson, Liz McCarthy, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed. The exhibition will run from June 1 through June 30 with an opening reception Friday, June 1 from 7 to 10 pm. The exhibition is organized by Gan Uyeda and Raven Falquez Munsell under the curatorial collaborative Third Object.
In their 1975 project Oblique Strategies, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt devised a deck of cards to be consulted in moments of creative blockage. Drawn at random, the cards bear koan-like prompts enjoining the user to “Work at a different speed” or to consider what it might mean that “Repetition is a form of change.” One card offers a simple command: “Twist the spine.” Using this imperative as a springboard, Twist the Spine draws together the work of three artists whose practices are linked by a layered and mutable exploration of language and embodiment. In each, contortions of form produce particular poetic expressions, opening up conflicting and complementary notions of vocalization and exchange.
