Artists: Caroline Achaintre, Julia Bennett, Mary Herbert, Aya Higuchi, Shana Hoehn, Koak, Hikari Ono
Exhibition title: leafmold paradise
Venue: Union Pacific, London, UK
Date: March 2 – 30, 2024
Photography: Reinis Lismanis / all images courtesy of the artist and Union Pacific, London
There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill
and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows
near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted
who disappeared into those shadows.
I’ve walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don’t be fooled
this isn’t a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here,
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.
I won’t tell you where the place is, the dark mesh of the woods
meeting the unmarked strip of light— ghost-ridden crossroads, leafmold paradise:
I know already who wants to buy it, sell it, make it disappear.
And I won’t tell you where it is, so why do I tell you
anything? Because you still listen, because in times like these
to have you listen at all, it’s necessary to talk about trees.
Adrienne Rich, What Kind of Times Are These, 1991
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
leafmold paradise, 2024, exhibition view, Union Pacific, London
Aya Higuchi, Sparrow in the fog, 2023, Oil on canvas, 140 x 180 mm
Aya Higuchi, In the mountain wind, 2023, Oil on canvas, 333 x 242 mm
Koak, Rouge, 2024, Signed and dated on verso, Graphite, pastel, and casein on rag paper 21.6 x 16.5 cm, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Koak, Finch, 2024, Signed and dated on verso, Graphite, pastel, charcoal, ink, and casein on rag paper, 21.6 x 16.5 cm, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Koak, Celeste, 2024, Signed and dated on verso, Graphite, pastel, and casein on rag paper, 16.5 x 21.6 cm, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 110, 2023, Clay, 13 x 13.5 x 5.5 cm (GS)
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 117, 2024, Clay, 12.5 x 15 x 4 cm (GS)
Caroline Achaintre, Auto-Nomne, 2024, Hand-tufted wool, metal frame, 270 x 239 cm
Julia Bennett, All flesh is grass , 2023, Wild clay, oil paint on dust sheet 25 x 20 cm
Julia Bennett, The apocalypse is always with us, 2023, Oil and clay on woven canvas and satin, 28 x 43 cm
Mary Herbert, Centuries, 2024, Oil on linen, 170 x 80 cm
Shana Hoehn, Breast Bracket #9 with Rebar and Cattails, 2023 Aluminum with patina, brass cattails with paint, rebar, 101 cm x 18 cm x 45 cm (40 x 7 x 18 inches)
Koak, Bird’s Eye, 2024, Signed and dated on verso, Graphite, pastel, and casein on rag paper 21.6 x 16.5 cm, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Koak, The Anchor, 2024, Signed and dated on verso, Graphite, pastel, charcoal, and casein on rag paper 21.6 x 16.5 cm, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Koak, Longest Hour, 2024, Signed and dated on verso, Graphite, pastel, charcoal, ink, and casein on rag paper 21.6 x 16.5 cm, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 109, 2023, Clay, 13 x 11 x 6 cm (GS)
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 111, 2023, Clay, 8 x 12.5 x 4 cm (GS)
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 112, 2023, Clay, 9 x 13.5 x 4 cm (GS)
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 113, 2023, Clay, 10.5 x 13.8 x 4 cm (GS)
Hikari Ono, Object for Painting No. 118, 2024, Clay, 12 x 9 x 4.5 cm (GS)