08/24/2022
Pictured: Nostos/Return
New work. So much new work. I’ll be sharing more in the coming weeks, but until then, mark your calendars:
ODYSSEY
Solange Roberdeau, Sarah Koik, Danielle Dimston
September 10–October 29, 2022
Artists' Reception | Saturday, Sept 10, 4–6p
Municipal Bonds is pleased to announce ODYSSEY, an exhibition of works by Solange Roberdeau, Sarah Koik, and Danielle Dimston. On view from September 10 through October 29, 2022, this trio show presents drawings on paper and ceramic sculptures in a narrative informed in part by themes from Homer's epic poem. By placing the works in dialogue with an ancient text, together they share a conceptual inquiry into the continuity of existence, its meter and rhythm.
Comprising shapes and symbols, depictions of environments and otherworldly forms, ODYSSEY features references to both the natural and mythical worlds, the known and mysterious. Selected works explore "the journey" as an abstract concept, tethered to transformation and its inherent complex forces. The precarious nature of wandering is seen in elements of energetic marks and geometric linework, moody colors and atmospheric textures. Each artist investigates balance and tension—push, pull, connect, expand—between material and surface, flow and pattern.
In her first exhibition with the gallery, Los Angeles-based artist Sarah Koik's new ceramic sculptures investigate shape and surface by connecting ancient with futurist, handcrafted with geological, anthropomorphic with architectural. In her words, "The pieces in this series could be found in the depths of the ocean, extracted from a shipwreck, or discovered on a distant asteroid or unknown planet. These objects, like Odysseus, are actively searching for versions of homecomings. They are the ongoing journey to get past, move through, float away, or precariously return." Koik's use of negative space punctuates, connects, and reimagines recognizable forms as excavated treasures. Her climatic textures evoke metamorphic marble and pitted volcanic rocks, and her inclusion of wood and glass expands and reinterprets her practice, intrepidly pushing forward.
