The Future in Present Tense
Kelly Akashi, Neïl Beloufa, Candice Lin, Candice Lin & P. Staff, Patrick Jackson, Christine Sun Kim, Cassi Namoda, Em Rooney
New York
May 7 – June 5, 2021
Press Release
Installation View of The Future in Present Tense, François Ghebaly New York Debut Exhibition
Left: Candice Lin, Jackal Queen, 2020. Pit fired ceramic with colored engobes. 10.5 x 7 x 6.5 inches (26.5 x 18 x 16.5 cm).
Right: Candice Lin, Gorgons, 2019. Highfire stoneware with Mishima drawing. 9.5 x 6 x 1 inches (24 x 15 x 2.5 cm).
Neïl Beloufa, Mehdi dreams of a tan without marks, 2019.
Candice Lin and P. Staff. Hormonal Fog. 2016-present. Hacked fog machine, dried herbs, herbal tincture, wood, plastic, miscellaneous hardware. Installation dimensions variable.
Candice Lin, Gorgons, 2019. Highfire stoneware with Mishima drawing. 9.5 x 6 x 1 inches (24 x 15 x 2.5 cm).
Candice Lin, Jackal Queen, 2020. Pit fired ceramic with colored engobes. 10.5 x 7 x 6.5 inches (26.5 x 18 x 16.5 cm).
Kelly Akashi Buoyant Ovule 2021 Hand-blown glass, bronze 13.5 x 10.5 x 12.5 inches 38 x 25 x 28 cm
Cassi Namoda, Conjoined Twins (Fetal), 2021. Glazed ceramic tile. 8.75 x 8.75 inches framed (22.2 x 22.2 cm).
Cassi Namoda, Conjoined Twins (Matured), 2021. Glazed ceramic tile. 8.75 x 8.75 inches framed (22.2 x 22.2 cm).
Christine Sun Kim, Tiny Traumas, 2020. Charcoal on paper. 60.75 x 60.75 inches framed (154.5 x 154.5 cm)
Em Rooney, You, too, know that you live, 2019. Steel, pewter, carved and sanded firewood, scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea), branch pruner beetle (Psyrassa unicolor), enamel paint, resin. 20 x 18 x 12 inches (51 x 46 x 30 cm)
Patrick Jackson, Mouth, 2019. Cement, automotive paint. 34 x 26.5 x 10 inches (87 x 68 x 26 cm).
Em Rooney, Carnival Scene in Lucricia Martel's La Cienega, 2020. Silver gelatin print in artist's frame of poplar, pewter and museum glass. 10 x 13.5 x 1 inches framed (25.5 x 34.5 x 2.5 cm)
Exhibition photography by Dario Lasagni