Raque Ford & Sacha Ingber at The Sunroom

Artists: Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber

Exhibition title: Lock Eyed

Venue: The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia, US

Date: July 27 – September 2, 2019

Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artists and The Sunroom

My My and I’m the
Dear Evil
Save me a kiss
Best

You’re so selfish it’s frightening
Always be with you
Baby

Raque Ford (b. 1986, Columbia, MD) is a Brooklyn-based artist. Solo shows include My Biggest Fan (CAPITAL, San Francisco, CA); con•fi•dence (Williamson and Knight, Portland, OR); Karafun (The Fort, Brooklyn, NY); Carolyn (Shoot the Lobster, New York, NY); It’s All About Me, Forget About You (Species, Atlanta, GA); That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet (Soloway, Brooklyn, NY); and Raque (Welcome Screen, London, UK); Recent two-per-son and group exhibitions include Retrograde (Deli Gallery, Brooklyn, NY); Soul is a four letter word (Museum Gallery Brooklyn, NY); and In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New (Sculpture Center, Queens, NY). She is the recipient of the 2017 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, was awarded a residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (Brooklyn, NY), and was a resident at S1 (Portland, OR). Ford graduated with a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute and received her MFA in Visual Arts from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Sacha Ingber (born 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) lives and works in New York. She received her MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013. Ingber has been an artist in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2013) and the Vermont Studio Center (2010). She is a 2018/19 Sharpe Walentas Studio Program awardee and has exhibited at Brennan & Griffin, NY, Hometown Gallery, NY, Reynolds Gallery, VA, Vox Popu-li, PA, DaSilva Gallery in New Haven, CT, Kunstraum, NY, Coustof Waxman, NY, and PEANA projects in Monterrey, MX. Ingber’s first Chicago solo exhibition was held at Triumph Gallery in spring 2018.

Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber, Lock Eyed, 2019, exhibition view, The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia

Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber, Lock Eyed, 2019, exhibition view, The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia

Sacha Ingber, Open, Aged, Staged, 2016, Urethane, amazonian wood, plastic, pigment, filler, 70.5 x 36 x .5 inches

Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber, Lock Eyed, 2019, exhibition view, The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia

Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber, Lock Eyed, 2019, exhibition view, The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia

Sacha Ingber, B-E-L-O-W-A-B-O-V-E, 2019, Glazed earthenware, marble dust, suede, epoxy clay, stainless steel, Masterlocks, 16 x 12.75 x 7.75 inches

Sacha Ingber, B-E-L-O-W-A-B-O-V-E, 2019, Glazed earthenware, marble dust, suede, epoxy clay, stainless steel, Masterlocks, 16 x 12.75 x 7.75 inches

Raque Ford, Horny in the details love you, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheets and mirrored acrylic, 100 x 70 x .5 inches

Raque Ford, Horny in the details love you, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheets and mirrored acrylic, 100 x 70 x .5 inches

Raque Ford, Horny in the details love you, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheets and mirrored acrylic, 100 x 70 x .5 inches

Sacha Ingber, Firmly for charred foot (Brannock Device), 2019, Urethane, hydrocal, epoxy clay, suede, ceramic shards, wood, acrylic paint, watercolor, hardware, shoelaces, foot measuring device, 27 x 32 x 1.5 inches

Sacha Ingber, Firmly for charred foot (Brannock Device), 2019, Urethane, hydrocal, epoxy clay, suede, ceramic shards, wood, acrylic paint, watercolor, hardware, shoelaces, foot measuring device, 27 x 32 x 1.5 inches

Sacha Ingber, Firmly for charred foot (Brannock Device), 2019, Urethane, hydrocal, epoxy clay, suede, ceramic shards, wood, acrylic paint, watercolor, hardware, shoelaces, foot measuring device, 27 x 32 x 1.5 inches

Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber, Lock Eyed, 2019, exhibition view, The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia

Raque Ford, L selfish always you, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheet, metal wire and mirrored acrylic, 78 x 46 x 1 inches

Raque Ford, L selfish always you, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheet, metal wire and mirrored acrylic, 78 x 46 x 1 inches

Raque Ford, Baby, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheet, zip ties, metal wire and chain, 78 x 46 x 1 inches

Raque Ford, Baby, 2019, Acrylic and spray paint on polypropylene sheet, zip ties, metal wire and chain, 78 x 46 x 1 inches

Raque Ford, Sacha Ingber, Lock Eyed, 2019, exhibition view, The Sunroom, Richmond, Virginia

Sacha Ingber, Vista with dry air, 2018, Glazed ceramic, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, 10 x 18 x 11.25 inches

Sacha Ingber, Vista with dry air, 2018, Glazed ceramic, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, 10 x 18 x 11.25 inches

Raque Ford, My my and I’m the..., 2019, Acrylic and hardware, 60 x 40 x 1/2 inches

Raque Ford, My my and I’m the..., 2019, Acrylic and hardware, 60 x 40 x 1/2 inches