Halcyon and On and On at Franz Kaka

Artists: Jennifer Carvalho, Srijon Chowdhury, Azadeh Elmizadeh, Jack Jubb, Jennifer J. Lee, geetha thurairajah

Exhibition title: Halcyon and On and On

Organized by: Jennifer Carvalho

Venue: Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada

Date: July 30 – August 24, 2021

Photography: LFdocumentation / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On brings together the work of six artists all using the medium of paint to trouble the consumption of contemporary and historical images. The included works all draw upon traditional modes of representation but the images rendered are complicated by the relationship between paint and surface. All intimately scaled, the paintings in Halcyon and On and On foreground the tension between mood, composition, and materiality to closely look at the familiar made strange.

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Jack Jubb, Fade into You, 2021 Acrylic on cotton rag paper

Jennifer J. Lee, Ivory Sweater, 2021 Oil on jute, Courtesy the artist and Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York

Azadeh Elmizadeh Walking through the alleyway, 2021Oil on linen

Jennifer Carvalho, Curled, 2021 Oil on canvas

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Srijon Chowdhury, Valentine Before Her Burial, 2021, Oil on linen, Courtesy the artist and Foxy Production, New York

Jack Jubb, Gnosis 3, 2021 Acrylic on cotton rag paper

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Jennifer Carvalho, Bauble, 2021 Oil on canvas

Azadeh Elmizadeh, Feast, 2021 Oil on linen

Jack Jubb, Hellbent (Mille Feuille), 2021 Acrylic on cotton rag paper

Srijon Chowdhury, Poppy and Dandelion on Fire, 2020 Oil on linen, Courtesy the artist and Foxy Production, New York

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

Halcyon and On and On, 2021, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto

geetha thurairajah, GRIT III, 2020 Acrylic and oil and canvas (un-stretched) Courtesy the artist and Unit 17, Vancouver