jane galerie x Et al. present Exposed to all the ruins
jane galerie is pleased to present Exposed to all the ruins, a photography and floral exhibition hosted by Et al. at 620 Kearny Street, San Francisco. The exhibition features photographs by Laura Kiernan, Dane Manary, Mark Ochinero, Aysia Stieb, Kristen Wong, and Jasmine Zhang, and floral arrangements by Olive Couri, Saint Flora, Veronica Llave, and Pearl.
This exhibition presents photographs replete with effusion, trace and decay. Capturing chance encounters and evanescent illuminations, these works offer absences punctuated by ephemeral connections, mediated by the artists’ common curiosity for inner and outer landscapes and forms that occur and dissipate.
Exposed to all the ruins is on view at Et al. 620 Kearny St, San Francisco, from January 20 – February 24, 2024 (Friday/Saturday 12-5 pm and by appointment). An opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 20, 5:30-8:30 pm and there will be special open hours on Sunday, January 21, 12-4 pm. For an exhibition checklist and more information, contact the gallery at janie@janegalerie.com or (925) 231-5694.
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Natural matter figures prominently as a subject across the work. Using collage and other forms of mark making, Kristen Wong’s photographs would you trust a flower that bloomed in a darkened room (vii) (2023) and mental landscape (vacuum interior) (2023) construct assembled landscapes awash with faded and langorous color. Jasmine Zhang’s photographs from the we don’t speak the same language series (2021) present nonhuman subjects mediated behind layers of diffusion and distance. Aysia Stieb’s Lightbox #1 (2016) and two Laptop Lightbox, Andalusia, Spain photographs (2021) employ organic material as record of the artist’s movement through place and time.
Other work in the exhibition features and investigates human subjects and systems. Mark Ochinero’s girl submerged in Santa Fe (2019) and evening collapse (2019) are documents of human presences engulfed by natural landscapes. Laura Kiernan’s photographs strawberry farm (2021) and thank you, have a nice day (2021) are playful, chance records of language and symbols transposed upon natural environments. Dan Manary’s pair of untitled photographs from 2019 and 2022 present micronarratives sublimely conveyed through form and light.
In direct dialogue with the exhibition’s photographs, the floral artists will craft unique arrangements. The organic nature of these materials, which will be on view throughout the exhibition, will emphasize the dimension of changeability of the meaning of the photographs as time goes on.
