The Blue Hour
Niklas Asker, Antonia Brown, Adam Easton, Kim Farkas, Nova Jiang, Sang Woo Kim and Danny Sobor
15 West Central St
Preview: 6 April 2024, 6–8pm
The Blue Hour is the period of twilight in which the sun lies below the horizon, often evoking a tranquil blue shade. It is a reflection of the intimate and ephemeral qualities of many of the works on show, as well as a shadowy state (the night-time) in which the boundaries of the human body are often blurred and its porous nature brought to the forefront– whether through introspection, interpersonal encounters, or the adoption of persona. In turn, many of the artists whose work is on display explore the body as a non-autonomous being, whether disguising flora and fauna in organic limbs, using symbolic objects to nod to the influences of capitalism, marginalisation and geography on identity, or juxtaposing nature, the body and the surreal to reflect the complex formation of persona. The human body has always been entangled with nature, technology, history, memory, and capitalism, but in a time of major social, political and ecological flux, this is particularly pertinent.
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Sang Woo Kim, Blind Spot 011, 2024, pigment dye transfer on canvas, steel frame, 30 x 40 x 3 cm
Kim Farkas, 23-08, 2023, custom composites, PETG, LED, electronics, 110 x 24 x 14 cm
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Antonia Brown, Sanguine Flames, 2022, silk organza, muslin silk, rotin, plaster gauze, pigment (onion skins, caput, mortum, red oxide, copper oxide) oil pastel, 130 x 42 cm
Sang Woo Kim, Ways of Seeing 002, 2024, pigment dye transfer on canvas, steel frame, 94 x 42 x 3 cm (triptych)
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Sang Woo Kim, Clearer 003, 2024, oil on canvas, steel frame, 32.7 x 20.2 x 3 cm
Danny Sobor, golden hour, 2024, oil on canvas, 35.6 x 35.6 cm
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Antonia Brown, Mamy Blue, 2023, silk, steel, cane, ribbon, casein, cotton tape, pigment (oak apple, maya blue, rust, onion skins, violet cote d’azur, campeche, ash), 120 x 57 x 40 cm
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Nova Jiang, Bud, 2024, oil on panel, 16 x 16 x 1 in (40.64 x 40.64 x 2.54 cm)
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Adam Easton, The Poet, 2022, oil on linen, 51 x 41 x 4 cm
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
'The Blue Hour', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific
Nova Jiang, Passage, 2024, oil on panel, 11 x 14 x 1 in (27.94 x 35.56 x 2.54 cm)