Artists: Kayla Ephros and Payton Barronian
Exhibition title: New Poems and Bows 13-19
Venue: Gern en Regalia, New York, US
Date: June 6 – July 14, 2024
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Gern en Regalia, New York
Payton Barronian (Brooklyn, New York) makes Bows 13-19 in his bedroom studio. Kayla Ephros (Los Angeles, CA) makes New Poems in the garage behind her mom’s apartment.
Payton: so it’s not 11-17, its 13-19
Payton: —bows, big silver jewel, red paint, green paint—
Kayla: i wish i could save
Kayla: could shellack the audio of you K: finding the big jewel, and you’re
P: trying to cut this
K: plastic? dead-stock
P: foiled— rhinestone lines
P: USPS, one quarter turn
K: and do it loose, draw language in the pond
K: like, letters that break
P: @ USPS, pushing values
K: pushing valuables?
P: found valuables? your pond K: your excess, that song?
P: acapella or
K: your excess acapella, our palette P: wait can you send me the palette K: green
K: silver
K: pink
K: brown
K: red
K: margin for air?
P: lost in the mail
K: oh and sometimes blue
K: words in blue, bent, rules around dusk P: over your shoulder
K: perfect reflections
K: idea of living? first time
P: painting—
P: one quarter turn, tilt, dangle K: do it loose
P: updo 6 inch nike box crucifix K: scrap question?
P: scraps in reverse
K: scraps, in Projected Verse K: Projected Verse for scraps
K: Projected Verse for knots and links K: Projected Verse in silver, etc.
P: that jewel, at this party P: this plexiglass situation
K: Projected Verse in Found Charm? P: feels too shiny
P: stepped on my toes
K: love you breakdown
