Beach Bodies, Galveston Arts Center, 2024
Beach Bodies, Galveston Arts Center, 2024
In Beach Bodies, bodies are implied through fragments, residue, and absence. Self-tanning solution moves across surfaces and scales: tie-dyeing a t-shirt hung high in the gallery, producing abstract marks on paper, and making darkroom photograms in which the material stands in for light. Sculptural heads cast from concrete, kitty litter, and seashells are dispersed throughout the gallery. Two video works extend these concerns: found footage of a jacuzzi cycling through its programmed features without a body present, and a sunset reflected off a laptop screen, distorted by fingerprints on the glass.
Curated by Dennis Nance, Director, Galveston Arts Center