Paradice Express: 6/12 - 6/25, 2017
IN-PERSON SHOW
Featuring work by Margaret Murphy, Kat Ryals, Joani Tremblay, Annique Delphine, Camille Hoffman, and Netta Laufer.
PARADICE PALASE is pleased to present their inaugural show Paradise Express - a fusion of utopian tropics, the “urban jungle” and the wild, untamed outcomes they relate to or result from. Each artist builds their practice while informed in some way by tropical and indigenous flora and fauna. Symbols of leisure and reminders of oasis, plants backdrop our lives from brand logos to crayon names to dinnerware prints. Florals, house plants, lush tropics, scenic nature--all have long been associated with the feminine. In this six person show, the contemporary female perspective is explored by transforming these tropes into varying political landscapes on such subjects as gender, escapism, geo-political borders, and habitats of oppression. A closer look at Netta Laufer’s c-prints reveals an absence amongst the thematic tableaus that may inspire donations to the World Wildlife Fund. Annique Delphine’s ABUNDANCE series captures massive bouquets of roses and garden flowers soaked in pastel goo - an apparent comment on female sexualization. Flora can be a reminder of the oasis that awaits, or be warped into a grotesquely faux reality.
Presented at PARADICE PALASE, 1263 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY
6/12 - 6/25, 2017