Shushan‘s hands
ONLINE Group Show
April 23 - June 17, 2022
Jamie Romanet, The Artist, 2021, Ink and watercolor pencil on Arches paper, 8 × 8 in
Shushan‘s hands
Curated by Paola Gallio, Tappeto Volante Projects
LIVE ONLINE Opening on April 28th, 2022
On view until June 17th, 2022
Tappeto Volante and Studio Archive Projects are delighted to announce a collaboration, switching homes from April 23 to June 17, 2022
TV Projects is thrilled to guest in its Brooklyn-based gallery space, Jump Shot, a group exhibition curated by Lisha Bai, Studio Archive Project featuring works by Ben K. Voss, Marianne Gagnier, Calvin Burton, Maria Walker, Al Svoboda, Julie Torres, Christopher Peterson, and David Scanavino.
Studio Archive Project will reciprocate hospitality by showcasing an online group show, Shushan‘s hands, curated by Tappeto Volante co-founder Paola Gallio, featuring work by Eve Ackroyd, Matt Jones, Keiko Narahashi, Bea Parsons, Marta Pierobon, Jamie Romanet, Mary DeVincentis, Aurélie Salavert, Alessandro Teoldi.
Shushan is the name of Arshile Gorky's mother.
He painted multiple versions of a portrait of himself as a child with his mother from a picture taken before they fled Turkey after the Ottoman Empire's Armenian Genocide. Shushan died of starvation during their journey to the US.
Hands' impressions on caves' walls have been one of the first subjects in Art History. They have acquired a solid symbolical, pagan, and religious iconography through the centuries: Fatima, Kali, and The Trinity.
Hands were the vehicle for communication before languages were established. They represent man and woman, left and right, wrong and good, and are healers and energy channels in Shamanic rituals.
Tact is one of the most sophisticated senses.
Hands can stop or welcome, unify or divide and protect. They can count and build and feed.
Hands are identifiers.
The painting "The Artist and His Mother" was found on the aisle after Arshile's death; he kept working on it his entire life, but he never could finish drawing his mother's hands.
Guaranteeing peace and protection is a collective effort.
Everything is in our hands, our future, and our freedom.
It is essential to send a welcoming gesture, a message of unity in this political moment.
Through the work of these artists, we will restitute hands to Shushan.
— Paola Gallio
Alessandro Teoldi , Couple, 2021, Cast concrete, 11x14 in
Alessandro Teoldi, Untitled, 2021, Cast concrete, 8,5x11in
Aurelie Salavert, Never alone, 2022, Guache and watercolor on paper, 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in
Aurelie Salavert, The other hand, 2022, Guache and watercolor on paper, 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in
Bea Parsons, Ripple, 2020, Monotype on Stonehenge, Edition 1/1, 28 x 22 inch
Bea Parsons, Untitled, 2020, Monotype on Stonehenge, Edition 1/1, 8 x7 inch
Eve Ackroyd, Baby, 2018, Oil on canvas, 35.5 cm x 40.6 cm / 14 x 16 IN
Eve Ackroyd, Yellow Vase, 2020, Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 35.5cm / 12 x 14 IN
Keiko Narahashi, Hands (open), 2022, Glazed stoneware, 8 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 4 1/2 in
Keiko Narahashi, Tender treasures, 2019, Glazed stoneware, 8 1/2 x 12 x 5 1/2 in
Mary DeVincentis, Fear of Rainbows, Oil on panel, 10” x 8”, 2022
Mary DeVincentis, When the Stars are Calling You, 2021, oil on panel, 16" x 12"
Matt Jones, A monument with three strings of pennants and six bioluminescent mushrooms at night, 2021, Oil on canvas, 40h x 30w in, 101.60h x 76.20
Matt Jones, A multi-colored hand and foot, a bat, and some grass at night, 2021, Sumi ink and watercolor on Stonehenge natural paper, 22h x 30w in
Jamie Romanet, Last Kiss, 2018, Ink and acrylic on Arches paper, 8" x 8”
Jamie Romanet, The Artist, 2021, Ink and watercolour pencil on Arches paper, 8" x 8”
Marta Pierobon, CREATURA MANINA #1, 2020, ceramic, 37x27x7 cm
Marta Pierobon, CREATURA MANINA #8, 2021, ceramic, 37x27x7 cm