Sholto Blissett
Garden of Hubris XXIII, 2021
Painting - Oil on canvas on wood
150 x 110 cm (59 x 43 in)
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Bayrol Jiménez
Danza de mínimos toques de eternidad (Dance of minimal touches of eternity), 2020
Painting - Oil on canvas
180 x 140 cm (71 x 55 in)
Shuang Li
T, 2017/2018
Video
4 channel video with sound, 15 min 17 sec
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
Nicholas Grafia
Call-In Rage, Call-In Care, 2021
Painting - Acrylic on digital print on canvas, painted wood, string
140 x 190 cm (55 x 75 in)
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Donna Huanca
DIOSAS de CUEVA VERDE EMOCIONALES, (D.F. Copal) [2], 2021
Painting - Oil, sand on digital print on canvas
220 x 180 cm (87 x 71 in)
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Cajsa von Zeipel
Double Dose of Zen, 2021
Sculpture - Silicone, aqua resin, 2 bongs, 3 stuffed squirrels, acrylic nails, air blower blaster pump, aquarium outlet nozzle, ball claw, bridle bracket, bubble window, dolly wheels, expandable foam, fabric, faux fur, faux sheepskin, fiberglass, flexible rubber coupling, glass eyes (hazel), hardware, wooden JBL speaker, kickstand, multi monitor mounts, nose ring, pigmented silicone, plexiglass, post surgery chin strap, synthetic hair, and tubing
241 x 89 x 76 cm (95 x 35 x 30 in)
Courtesy of the artist and Company Gallery, New York
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Cajsa von Zeipel
Double Dose of Zen, 2021
Sculpture - Silicone, aqua resin, 2 bongs, 3 stuffed squirrels, acrylic nails, air blower blaster pump, aquarium outlet nozzle, ball claw, bridle bracket, bubble window, dolly wheels, expandable foam, fabric, faux fur, faux sheepskin, fiberglass, flexible rubber coupling, glass eyes (hazel), hardware, wooden JBL speaker, kickstand, multi monitor mounts, nose ring, pigmented silicone, plexiglass, post surgery chin strap, synthetic hair, and tubing
241 x 89 x 76 cm (95 x 35 x 30 in)
Courtesy of the artist and Company Gallery, New York
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Harm Gerdes
Untitled (05.10.2021), 2021
Painting - Acrylic on polymer canvas
180 x 240 cm (71 x 94 in)
Ziping Wang
Weekend Getaway, 2021
Painting - Oil on canvas
140 x 100 cm (55 x 40 in)
Bayrol Jiménez
Gato de metal (Metal cat), 2020
Painting - Oil on canvas
180 x 140 cm (71 x 55 in)
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Cajsa von Zeipel
International negotiations (Kolibri), 2020
Sculpture - Aqua resin, silicone, expandable foam, braces, eyelashes, glass eyeballs, synthetic hair, hair coil, fiberglass, backpack, wrist support brace, makeup brushes, vision muscle torso costume, cable bike lock, golf bag, toning rope, walking stick, tattoo mesh shirt, bike bottle cage, reflective screen, gaming headset, ice scraper, pink acrylic mirror, wicker pet hammock, carabiners, halter shaft, metallic puffer jacket, compound bow, plaster, kitchen utensil set, artificial flowers, 3 phone holders, reflective fabric, soccer cleats, multiple water bottles, 2 stirrups, 2 stuffed animals (Golden retriever puppies), mini suitcase, resistance band, hardware, tool belt, and workout gloves
122 x 122 x 213 cm (48 x 48 x 84 in)
Courtesy of the artist and Company Gallery, New York
Photo © David Stjernholm
Sholto Blissett
Garden of Hubris XXIV, 2021
Painting - Oil on canvas on wood
110 x 100 cm (43 x 39 in)
Cajsa von Zeipel
International negotiations (Kolibri), 2020
Sculpture - Aqua resin, silicone, expandable foam, braces, eyelashes, glass eyeballs, synthetic hair, hair coil, fiberglass, backpack, wrist support brace, makeup brushes, vision muscle torso costume, cable bike lock, golf bag, toning rope, walking stick, tattoo mesh shirt, bike bottle cage, reflective screen, gaming headset, ice scraper, pink acrylic mirror, wicker pet hammock, carabiners, halter shaft, metallic puffer jacket, compound bow, plaster, kitchen utensil set, artificial flowers, 3 phone holders, reflective fabric, soccer cleats, multiple water bottles, 2 stirrups, 2 stuffed animals (Golden retriever puppies), mini suitcase, resistance band, hardware, tool belt, and workout gloves
122 x 122 x 213 cm (48 x 48 x 84 in)
Courtesy of the artist and Company Gallery, New York
Photo © David Stjernholm
Ziping Wang
Beneath the lilypad, 2021
Painting - Oil on panel
50 x 40 cm (20 x 16 in)
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Group Show
Utopia
Installation View
November 30, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Peres Projects, Berlin
Utopia
November 26 – January 7, 2022
Opening Friday, November 26, 5 – 7PM
Peres Projects is pleased to present Utopia, a group exhibition with works by Sholto Blissett, Harm Gerdes, Nicholas Grafia, Donna Huanca, Bayrol Jiménez, Shuang Li, Cajsa von Zeipel and Ziping Wang.
This exhibition explores imagery of mysticism as a vehicle for understanding the complexity and ambiguity of contemporary life and our unstable realities. While the title of the exhibition makes reference to Thomas More’s 16th century book, De optimo reipublicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, the works also consider the Greek origins of the word Utopia – “ou” meaning “not” and “topos” meaning place or nowhere.
An earlier title of More’s satire was “A little, true book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia”. This emphasis on the affective experience of the text (as enjoyable), is taken up by the exhibition, which focuses on mysticism as an altered state of insight and transformation.
Works by von Zeipel, Huanca, Jiménez and Grafia encourage embodied responses, inducing mystic inner experiences. These artists approach mysticism as speculative systems, with a set of ideals and spiritual connections rather than narrative approaches. The sensorial and emotional properties of these works examine capacities for self-creation and reinvention.
World building as a function of mysticism is also a motif that runs through the works included in Utopia. The imagery in Blissett, Gerdes, Li and Wang’s works probe the boundaries of their surroundings as a means for understanding and creating environments. These visions of the world emphasize affective atmospheres, referencing the nowhere that is inherent to utopia.
Mysticism is shared by many traditions and religions, which demonstrates its endurance. These works which span painting, video and sculpture consider the influence that mysticism holds over truth. The artists participating in the exhibition explore these properties and interpret them in their own alternate ecologies and queer futures.
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