Photo by Dario Lasagni courtesy Bridget Donahue Gallery
A series of ‘carrots’ by Evelyn Reyes are included in this group exhibition.
Evelyn Reyes’s iconic pastel carrot drawings beg a lot of questions. Are they pointing somewhere? Why are they facing various directions?
Catechism at Bridget Donahue Gallery in New York City places Reyes’s carrots within the suggestive context of drawings by contemporary artists. This particular curation of ‘carrots,’ highlights Reyes’s use of color and the various arrangements they appear.
Featured Artists: Olga Balema, Ernst Caramelle, Kent Chan, Susan Cianciolo, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Faith Icecold, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Kim Jones, Satoshi Kojima, Sahra Motalebi, Ragen Moss, Ulrike Müller, Nikholis Planck, Rajasthani Snake Drawings, Jessi Reaves, Evelyn Reyes, John Russell, Martine Syms, Franz Erhard Walther, Philip Van Aver, Mark van Yetter
Four Carrots, Peach, by Evelyn Reyes, ca. 2004-2009, oil pastel on paper, 11.25 x 17 inches
Exhibition Statement
We’re considering the rich margins of several contributors' practices. Planned as a drawing show, the exhibition unfolds as a survey of textual and textural close readings for believers (as an analogy). The suggestion sets the framework—this, not that. That, because of this. Arrows point, curiosity follows. Sequences presume a before and after. Fast-forward, rewind, skip through dialogue and documentation. Story-tellers often begin with the ending … as it is remembered. Skepticism is a dead-end. The exhibition offers new routes in for all converts.