Artist: Manal Kara
Exhibition title: Song of the Other Worm
Venue: Prairie, Chicago, US
Date: December 16, 2019 – January 26, 2020
Photography: All images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Prairie, Chicago
i long for teleological thoughts
something immaculate and absolute
but desire remains a firm and silent fruit
a lemon with its eyes closed
anxieties
the anxiety of being mired in one’s moment
the anxiety of overspilling one’s margins
the anxiety of truth as an asymptotic function
the anxiety of never being able to go back
i have yet to feel the flower
nature blooms for elixir color
like a plump plush winnie the pooh in a cloud forest
desire does not seek its object
desire seeks only to replicate itself
desire is both mechanism and form of proliferation
like love dogs howling their way back to their own poiesis
and you too a lowly worm,
my favorite kind of worm
love poem to another worm
you are the apple of my tooth
softy and mealsome
snack that you are
Manal Kara is a Moroccan-American self-taught multidisciplinary artist and poet. They have exhibited extensively in Chicago and New York, as well as Istanbul, Vienna, and Berlin
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, rhythms of a chthonic heart, 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, rhythms of a chthonic heart, 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, rhythms of a chthonic heart, 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, rhythms of a chthonic heart, 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, lachrimæ illuminatæ, or seaven teares of a hoe, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, lachrimæ illuminatæ, or seaven teares of a hoe, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, lachrimæ illuminatæ, or seaven teares of a hoe, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, lachrimæ illuminatæ, or seaven teares of a hoe, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, songe of the othyr Wyrm, 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, i Amn just……….. a litle creacher. Thatse It . I Canot change this, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric, chain
Manal Kara, i Amn just……….. a litle creacher. Thatse It . I Canot change this, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric, chain
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, slug sex over io, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, slug sex over io, 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, Glossolalia, ululations and other orogenous wailings, 2019, Glazed ceramic, chain
Manal Kara, Glossolalia, ululations and other orogenous wailings, 2019, Glazed ceramic, chain
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, two wasps fucking (whirled~egg), 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, two wasps fucking (whirled~egg), 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, two wasps fucking (whirled~egg), 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, two wasps fucking (whirled~egg), 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, two wasps fucking (whirled~egg), 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, two wasps fucking (whirled~egg), 2019, Glazed ceramic, photographic prints on fabric
Manal Kara, Song of the Other Worm, 2019, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
Manal Kara, prima materia (jasmine, lust, hysteria, pogostemon…), 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, prima materia (jasmine, lust, hysteria, pogostemon…), 2019, Glazed ceramic
Manal Kara, prima materia (jasmine, lust, hysteria, pogostemon…), 2019, Glazed ceramic