Do I Dare Eat A Peach? is a group exhibition celebrating gathering, consumption, and aging through the perspectives of five emerging female artists from the U.S. and U.K. Inspired by T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the title symbolizes anxieties around judgment, particularly regarding femininity and sensuality. The works depict women reclaiming their narratives and challenging societal taboos, exploring themes of empowerment, identity, and community through gatherings, food, and drink. Featuring paintings, ceramics, and sculpture, the exhibition redefines stereotypes surrounding women’s bodies, eating habits, and societal expectations, offering a powerful critique and celebration of female representation.
Janie Korn is an American, London-based contemporary artist whose intricate candle sculptures delve into the ephemerality of memory and the richness of folklore. Through her meticulous wax creations, she captures the transient power of recollections, which, like her sculptures, gradually melt away. Influenced by storytelling traditions, each piece is a fragment of the real and imagined lore. Korn's evocative work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, inviting audiences to reflect on the delicate interplay between impermanence and myth. Her most recent body of works explore folklore from within. Using hand built ceramics, she re-imagines artifacts that would be found inside the imaginary palaces and kingdoms of these same fairytale stories. These pieces are patinated to appear as recently discovered relics.
The Empress
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The Greater Inclination
Unhappy Meal
The Provider
The Dreaming
Tapestry for Lovers
A woman's work is never done
At Both Ends
Battalion
Cake landscape