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๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐
Curated by ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ
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Situated within a converted hair salon, one could contemplate the near-identical word ‘saloon’; an interplay channeling the becoming of HAIR as a dynamic, hybrid site — one that retains the essence of aesthetic labour in its transition from salon to gallery.
The word saloon — one of its many meanings translating to “reception room” — carries nuanced connotations of gathering and exchange. Filtered through the lens of the gallery’s transformation, artworks become less bound by etiquette and more open to interruption, “shedding their glamour” (1). Hybrid materials meet an indeterminate fate, fabricated by each artist, and like momentary acquaintances, provoke fleeting, autonomous encounters. Through the coherent use of garments, each artist’s ‘apparel’ curates a collective attire of works — polite, yet informal. No appointment necessary, viewers engage with coexisting forms as passing “flashes,” rendered as an “assortment” that softens into an overarching “appearance”.
(1) — ‘Stuff Theory’, Maurizia Boscagli, 2014
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