Artist: Woody De Othello
Exhibition title: Looking In
Venue: Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
Date: October 2 – November 13, 2020
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Jessica Silverman is delighted to present Woody De Othello’s “Looking In,” an exhibition of new works comprised of paintings on canvas and paper, ceramic sculptures, and a large-scale outdoor bronze. On view from October 2 to November 13, the exhibition is the artist’s second at the gallery. It explores still life as social comment and psychological inquiry.
A bright orange, ten-foot-high bronze sculpture stands in the center of the show. Titled Fountain, it consists of two column-like pipes punctuated by three knobs and three faucet heads. The graceful arc of the tallest tap culminates in a single drop of water. “Moving from the rising tides of the Florida tropics to drought-ridden California, the environment is always on my mind,” said Othello. “Among other concepts, Fountain is about abundance, scarcity, access and denial.” An inversion of Duchamp’s 1917 Fountain, Othello’s 2021 Fountain symbolically offers clean, life-sustaining drinking water.
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Woody De Othello, Looking In, 2021, exhibition view, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
