Artist: Marlon Kroll
Exhibition title: Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide
Venue: Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, Canada
Date: July 1 – September 15, 2021
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, Canada
Afternoon Projects is pleased to present Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, a solo exhibition by Montreal based artist Marlon Kroll. The artist mediates truth through his paintings, via ambiguous forms and allusive likenesses. The exhibition hinges on abstracted motifs of interior space to consider notions of safety, security, solitude, finality and quiet. In this exhibition, Marlon’s coloured pencil paintings become a meeting point, where this quiet interior world finds the viewer.
The sculptures on the wall, originally inspired by subway seats, are of his dog and mother, his two protectors, the later whom he believes visits him during his stay in Vancouver manifesting through passing seabirds. Watching and observing, they become the object of the gaze of others, rather than just the guardians.
Marlon Kroll is a German/Canadian artist living and working in Montreal. He holds a BFA in Ceramics from Concordia University and is one of nine laureates of the Darling Foundry’s 2019-2022 Montreal Studio Program. He was the 2020 recipient of the William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists. He has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions, including at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and Cassandra Cassandra, Toronto (2020); Clint Roenisch, Toronto; Parisian Laundry and Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal; Interstate Projects, Brooklyn (2019); Central Park, Los Angeles; Galerie René Blouin, Montreal; 8-Eleven, Toronto (2018); Soon.tw, Montreal (2017). In 2021, he will hold projects at Marvin Gardens/Best Western, Queens; Gern En Regalia, Brooklyn, NADA Miami and Afternoon Projects, Vancouver.
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Cave, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 9 3/4 x 12 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Forgiveness, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 13.5 x 16 in
Marlon Kroll, Hideaway, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 10 x 12 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Many fingers of the room, 2021, Wood, screws; site specific, 70 x 96 x 21.5 in
Marlon Kroll, Many fingers of the room, 2021, Wood, screws; site specific, 70 x 96 x 21.5 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Pelican, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel 10 x 12 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Redemption, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 8 x 12
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rip to rift, folding infinite inside, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 10 x 12 in
Marlon Kroll, Social club, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 13.5 x 16 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, The inner rings: gate of time, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 10 x 12 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (Gummy), 2021, Wood, linseed oil, inkjet on newsprint, 23 x 26 x14 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (Gummy), 2021, Wood, linseed oil, inkjet on newsprint, 23 x 26 x14 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (Gummy), 2021, Wood, linseed oil, inkjet on newsprint, 23 x 26 x14 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (Gummy), 2021, Wood, linseed oil, inkjet on newsprint, 23 x 26 x14 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (Gummy), 2021, Wood, linseed oil, inkjet on newsprint, 23 x 26 x14 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, The protector (seabird), 2021, Wood, muslin, acrylic, thread, 49 x 21 x 23 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (seabird), 2021, Wood, muslin, acrylic, thread, 49 x 21 x 23 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (seabird), 2021, Wood, muslin, acrylic, thread, 49 x 21 x 23 in
Marlon Kroll, The protector (seabird), 2021, Wood, muslin, acrylic, thread, 49 x 21 x 23 in
Marlon Kroll, Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, 2021, exhibition view, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Marlon Kroll, Well well, 2021, Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panel, 9 x 11 in
