SJA Ghosts by Christopher M. Tandy at Glass Rice (Solo Exhibition)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Reception Saturday, October 3 | 11 AM – 7 PM; Exhibition October 3 – October 31, 2020; Virtual Artist Talk: October 15th | 5 PM

Join us for the opening reception of  sophomore solo exhibition with the gallery. Taking its name from the Icelandic word for “see”, SJA is a continuously evolving and expanding project that seeks to explore new ways of presenting and experiencing reality.

In SJA: GHOSTS, a hanging sculpture entitled In the Silence (Everything Dances) spans the entire gallery window. This rusted and decaying conglomeration of salvaged materials bejeweled with quartz and pyrite, marks the path – acting as a portal. It beckons us into Tandy’s world.

The front room presents a new series of charcoal drawings. Through channelled markings, spirits take shape on multi-layered pages of vellum or Mylar, and on Icelandic newsprint from the early 1900’s. Figures and shapes build off of and into each other, while apparitions come to the forefront.

Accompanying the drawings in the front room are a series of newly forged talismanic wands. In these, Tandy brings together an amalgamation of organic materials such as inherited bone, wood, crystals, minerals, and other foraged objects that he transforms through unique charging methods, including burying and burning.

By passing through a veiled threshold into the back room, we enter into an an immersive installation. Tandy uses site specific interventions, experimental video and sound designed in collaboration with Evan Myer to make visible a world where spirits prevail. Combining footage from these past rituals together with otherworldly found footage.

In this exhibit, as in other chapters of SJA, Tandy illuminates the chasms between us and unseen worlds adjacent to ours. A world that is fueled by ancient spirits, queer magickal energy and enveloped by profound darkness.

Our gallery will be open with limited capacity for the opening reception. Email us at info@glassrice.com to reserve a time or come at your own leisure (may be a potential wait). Masks required and hand sanitizer on entry.

Presented by Glass Rice

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