Artist: Zac Segbedzi
Exhibition title: Suicidal Oil Piglet
Venue: Jenny’s, Los Angeles, US
Date: June 29 – August 3, 2019
Photography: Paul Salveson / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Jenny’s is pleased to present the debut Los Angeles solo exhibition of Australian artist Zac Segbedzi, comprised of six new works.
“Suicidal Oil Piglet” existed as a gallery in Melbourne, Australia between 2017 and 2018, co-run by Zac Segbedzi and the ambiguous participant / hipster Calum Lockey. The program and positioning of the gallery could be seen as in step with a regime of general “tastefulness” amongst the peripheral mid / emerging art economy.
The Art Deco building of the shuttered Melbourne gallery appears in the exhibition, as well as portraits of colleagues and (ex)-friends, and the entrance hallway of Jenny’s. We encourage you to read the text on the paintings.
Zac Segbedzi (b. 1991, Melbourne, Australia) currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BFA at Victorian College of the Arts, Australia. Recent solo exhibitions include West Space, Melbourne; Bonny Poon, Paris; and Suicidal Oil Piglet, Melbourne. He has participated in group exhibitions at Jenny’s, London; Schloss, Oslo; Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin; and Interstate Projects, New York.
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet, 2019, exhibition view, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet (Posters Deux), 2019, Acrylic and glitter on linen, 60 x 56 inches
Zac Segbedzi, These are not bad people in fact they are quite nice and fine and I respect them as colleagues / Jenny’s (After Lady Pink), 2019, Oil, glitter, and acrylic on linen, 72 x 78.5 inches
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet (Pornocrates After Rops), 2019, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 44 x 72 inches
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet (Landscape), 2019, Oil and acrylic on linen, 58 x 78 inches
Zac Segbedzi, Suicidal Oil Piglet (Poster), 2019, Acrylic and glitter on linen, 30 x 38 inches
Zac Segbedzi, The provincial subjects strike their self conscious poses in hopes of being validated / Early Career Group Show, 2019, Oil and acrylic on linen, 48 x 72 inches