ZOONOTIC HEX
March 3rd - 26th, 2022
Reception: March 3rd, 6-8pm
Zimo Zhao, Alicia Jo Smith, Susan Rostow, Alfred Rosenbluth, Gina Gwen Palacios, Melissa Oresky, Annalise Neil, Hannah Nahas, Mär Martinez, Hadar Pnina Kleiman, Terra Keck, Erinn Kathryn, Sally Jerome, Laura Horne, Sabine Heinlein, Brooke Frank, Julia Curran, Keturah Cummings, Cassie Chalfant
See the accompanying virtual exhibition here.
Attuned to the climate conditions birthing increased interspecies disease, this specially selected group of artists offer a Zoonotic Hex–– an antidote to speed the collapse of humanity or perhaps a prophetic warning, a deterrent from that fate. The global pandemic has created a social landscape peopled by anxieties and post-truths. A trend toward omnicidal fantasy offers an escape, a futuristic outlet where the Earth-goes-on–– even if we, humans, don’t. Each artist here demands rapid, evidence-based, collective action as an antidote for our suffering Earth.
The artists selected for this Zoonotic Hex all approach the climate crisis from a different perspective. Sally Jerome hits us head on with geologic (or dendrochronologic) time. In a similar observational vein, Melissa Oresky, Annalise Neil, and Cassie Chalfant create images documenting nature, while Brooke Frank flips the colonialist nature diary on its head, exploring the rise of the cult of science. Keturah Cummings’ Sap Sucker lives between documentary diary and ritualistic nature orgy. Conjuring continues with a group of artists who deploy some hex-it-back-to-nature Feminism including Alfred Rosenbluth, Julia Curran, and Terra Keck with Keturah Cummings spanning this genre.
Hannah Nahas and Zimo Zhao both capture the liminal, precarious state of loneliness. Set in a quiet, natural landscape, Nahas draws figures that embark on the fool’s journey, teetering over some invisible magic threshold. Zhao’s work How I Die During COVID-19 delivers us a constructed world populated by the self, devoid of connections to nature or people. Gina Gwen Palacios, Mär Martinez, and Sabine Heinlein look at the not-so-distant gap between human and animal while Hadar Pnina Kleiman, Laura Horne, and Susan Rostow critique consumption, production, and the colonization of nature. Finally, Erinn Kathryn and Alicia Jo Smith use their work to advocate for land restitution and draw attention to the painful, poisoned state of the earth.
Pointing a finger back at us, these artists call out and condemn the anthropocentric Anthropocene. Humans are the root of climate change and increasing zoonotic disease. From various perspectives we see the recent impacts of COVID-19––an interspecies disease–– on the lives and processes of these climate conscious artists. They leave us with questions about the past, present, and future of the Earth, prompting us to take immediate action or condemning us to languish under a zoonotic hex of our own making.
![Melissa Oresky "Turning In" / 2021 / Acrylic, collage, and wax pastel on canvas, artist's frame / 19 x 25" / $2800](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645727587904-YKF8GG9ZDOBZSH1XDM0Q/332_21_TurningIn_1_small.jpg)
![Erinn Kathryn "Heart of the Navajo Indian Country" (Gallup, NM)/2019/Handmade box,3 panes of glass, screen print, vintage postcard/3.5" x 5.5" x 1.5"/$375.00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645727583588-8AFQCDPTKF2GZ7MFEZOM/01.ErinnKathryn_Heart_of_the_Navajo_Indian_Country_GallupNM.jpg)
![Erinn Kathryn "As Behind Many a Rock a Blood-thirsty Savage Lurked” (Cimmaron, NM) 2019/Handmade box, 3 panes of glass, screen print, vintage postcard/5.5" x 3.5" x 1.5"/$375.00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645727584258-4WE1MJRY94M2Z0UO5FR8/03.ErinnKathryn_As_Behind_Many_a_Rock_a_Blood-thirsty_Savage_Lurked_CimarronCanyonNM.jpg)
![Erinn Kathryn "A Navajo Chieftain And His Squaw” ( Monument Valley, AZ) 2021/Handmade box,3 panes of glass, screen print, vintage postcard/3.5" x 5.5" x 1.5"/$375.00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645833755749-7UMZ35969N3LHU53NWLU/ErinnKathryn_ANavajoChieftainandhisSquaw_MonumentValleyAZ.jpg)
![Alfred Rosenbluth “Siren” / 2021 / hydrocal / 30" x 20" x 8" / $4,900](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645727584820-HQX1PBQQ0BCUNQAHI24O/Alfred_Rosenbluth_Siren_.jpg)
![Terra Keck “Mother” / 2020 / Graphite and Colored Pencil on Toned BFK / 20 x 30 unframed / $1000](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808560620-PCU4ESLBD0GP293H7IVP/Terra_Keck_Mothersmall.jpg)
![Terra Keck "Visions From The Bog" / 2022 / Graphite and Colored Pencil on Toned BFK / 9 x 12 / $800](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808394517-1D2CXSKVLGD5DV8P5EIS/Terra_Keck_VisionsFromTheBog.jpg)
![Annalise Neil "San Diego/Bahia de los Angeles/Yellowstone National Park/Barcelona/..." / 2020 / 11"H x 9"W x 1"D /Watercolor on cut and re-assembled Cyanotype, mounted on birch panel/ $500](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808282453-FC20H7HAWZZ5VELHJE8K/annalise_neil_San_Diego_Bahia_de_los_Angeles_Yellowstone_National_Park_Barcelona_Latvia_Inyo_National_Forest_Melaleauca_Ocean_in_Shell_Feathers_Porpoise_Skull_Calcium_Carbonate_Terrace_Painted_Frame_Juniper_Butterfly.jpg)
![Annalise Neil "Yellowstone National Park/Bahia de los Angeles/Olympic..." / 2020 /Watercolor paint on bleached and wine-tannin toned cyanotype, mounted on wood panel / 9"H x 11"W x 1"D / $350](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808282129-W2I4ITUDY3RPSCHMNM8Y/annalise_neil_Yellowstone_Bahia_de_los_Angeles_Olympic_NP_San_Diego_Hot_Spring_Porpoise_Skull_Son_Asparagus_Fern.jpg)
![Susan Rostow “FRAGMENTS”/ 2021/ paper, mixed media, plastic, and linocut print/ 8 x 10 x 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808390172-MUGQS7U7HJROQ80CB9X9/Susan_Rostow_Fragments.jpg)
![Susan Rostow “BREAKING AWAY”/ 2021/ paper, mixed media, plastic, and screen prints/ 13 x 9 x 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808389888-UOP5FWUQ0X7V32LQJLF2/Susan_Rostow_BREAKING_AWAYjpg.jpg)
![Brooke Frank "Eggs" / 2022 / oil and graphite on paper / 22x30" / $860](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808289483-DQRJT9IK6B84UTWPZ5QQ/BrookeFrank_Eggs.jpg)
![Brooke Frank "Scientism" / 2022 / oil and graphite on panel / 10x10" / $770](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645832885904-KT1QZZ8WH50F6XHD8X7V/Brooke_Frank_Scientism.jpg)
![Zimo Zhao "How I Die During COVID-19" / 2020/ Digital Photo/ 22''*33''/ $700](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645727583160-VWETJH6PABNTQG1BLKOO/_zimo_zhao_how_I_die_during_COVID-19-2.jpg)
![Zimo Zhao "How I Die During COVID-19"/ 2020/ Digital Photo/ 22''x33''/ $700](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645727582544-SLNR9CFJ2UULRRJ3PEJC/_zimo_zhao_how_I_die_during_COVID-19.jpg)
![Gina Gwen Palacios "Resaca" / 2021 / Oil on wood panel / 14 x 11 in / $950](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808331678-F6QIWHDRBVNDKO4TCXZ8/gina_palacios_Venado.jpeg)
![Cassie Chalfant "For Me" / 2021 / Acrylic on Panel / 15 x 15" / $800](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808658149-CNPLBOVBWMEIL5ZENYEE/Cassie_Chalfant_For_Me.jpg)
![Cassie Chalfant "Together" / 2020 / Acrylic on Panel / 8 1/2 x 11" / $800](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808289404-JJGHE45XPUEE2392Q84H/Cassie_Chalfant_Together.jpg)
![Hadar Pnina Kleiman “Let It All Burn in a Whisper” / 2020 / Ceramic, glaze, lava glaze, flock / 24" x 18" x 14" / $3,500](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808331701-SY9OCEGOX5R9SNEXZINW/Hadar_Kleiman_Let_It_All_Burn_In_A_Whisper.jpg)
![Hannah Nahas “Follies (II)” / 2020 / graphite on paper / 23”x 16” / $1,800](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808335222-IRSCUSIE2BUYC4BKS9K4/Hannah_Nahas_Follies_II.jpg)
![Sabine Heinlein "Zoonotic Disease Quilt" / 2020 / recycled textiles / 45” x 45” / $3,000](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808388345-ZOEWKZRDZPAUP471YHJ3/Sabine_Heinlein_ZoonoticDiseaseQuilt.jpg)
![Sally Jerome “Cross Sections” / 2021 / oil on canvas / 27" x 40" / $5000.00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808388341-T403Q186UARU84JCMGQQ/Sally_Jerome_CrossSections_jpg..jpg)
![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808348254-9LZ0Q49ETQ43ZDXI9V72/Memento+Mori+For+Evil+Men_Screenprint_24x18_2021.jpg)
![Julia Curran “What The Garden Gave Me”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808392551-GQ1CMAVJM2SX92TER0DU/What+The+Garden+Gave+Me.jpg)
![Mär Martinez “Scission III” / 2021 / Acrylic on wood / 24” x 18” x 3” / $2,500](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645808345697-XY7ZM80BNX802H1O09R2/mar_martinez_Scission_III.jpg)
![Laura Horne "Untitled (green clay with yellow pin)", 2021, Color Print, 16 x 24 inches, $550](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52891e4de4b0f296720bec84/1645834104547-5T7X3UFR49JQJKW4LBTI/Laura_Horne_Untitledgreen_clay_with_yellow_pin.jpg)