Hexon/Hexoff
March 4 – April 1, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 4, 6-9pm
NICK BROWN: Night Like Water, Oil on Canvas, 96” x 78” x 20”, 2014
Hexon/Hexoff, a multidisciplinary exhibition of work that embodies tenets of magic.
Noysky Projects is pleased to present, Hexon/Hexoff, a multidisciplinary exhibition that draws parallels between art and magic. The works from Hexon/Hexoff channel a specific outcome, while creating portals that reveal the deepest, most instinctual layers of the human condition. The works include ritualistic talismans, altars, and iconography, using ancient and modern techniques ranging from traditional sculpture to animated gifs.
Magic has historically been central to art-making, often with definitive results: the assurance of a good hunt, a fertile mate, or a place in the afterlife. The production of these magical works likely induced states of trance, often with revelatory or prophetic tendencies. Many artists describe this transcendence as being in “the zone”. Although the modern interpretations have changed, their basic applications have not. Our aspirations for the best job, the most attractive mate, and our eternal mark on the world are unwavering.
The objectives of these works vary wildly, including protesting an unjust directive; channeling the voices of the underrepresented; harnessing the power of nature; deriving empathy through vicarious states of being; and healing through ritualistic processes. As diverse as they may seem, the works in Hexon/Hexoff share a common goal: empowering those who have been marginalized by society.
Although most of the pieces in Hexon/Hexoff may not have direct associations with the occult, both the process and the product are seen as a physical manifestations of meditation, contemplation, and ritual, which are central to sorcery. Through the use of alchemy, these artists combine fragments of their past, present, and future, while illuminating a higher level of consciousness.
Artists: Ilona Berger and Jamson Silgnena, Nick Brown, Ciriza, Don Edler, Theo Eliezer, Rachel Lauren Kaster, Aline Mare, and Vabianna Santos
Curator: Sean Noyce
More info: The opening reception for “Hexon/Hexoff” takes place at Noysky Projects, 6727 7⁄8 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA from 6 PM – 9 PM on Saturday, March 4, 2017.
Contact: Sean Noyce (director); Katya Usvitsky (director)
All images are subject to copyright. Gallery or artist approval must be granted prior to reproduction.
INSTALLATION VIEW
Theo Eliezer’s rosemoon
Aline Mare’s Mushroom Bursts, left, and Ciriza’s Face Casket for Oya and Hair Sanctum for Hands
Installation view of Ilona Berger and Jamson Silgnena’s Notes from Kingdom of Rhythms
Nick Brown’s Night Like Water, left, Don Edler’s Ark 2: The Return of Consciousness, and Rachel Lauren Kaster’s Un-Fuck the World.
Detail of Ciriza’s Hair Sanctum for Hands
Vabianna Santos’ Sand is Sugar, left, and Self-Decapitating Goddess (Is Not a Masochist, She Feeds Her Friends From Her Head, and Ilona Berger and Jamson Silgnena’s Notes from Kingdom of Rhythms
Aline Mare’s Mushroom Bursts
IMAGES
VABIANNA SANTOS: Sand is Sugar, left, Self-Decapitating Goddess (is not a masochist, she feeds her friends from her head), hand-cut collage, printed on textile, plastic on panels, 29″ x 46″, 2016
DON EDLER: Ark 2: The Return of Consciousness, pine, sprayable latex, plaster, old socks, surf wax, 30″ x 18″ x 96″, 2016
ALINE MARE: Mushroom Bursts, Hand painted dye infused metal print, 24″ x 36″, 2016
RACHEL LAUREN KASTER: Un-Fuck the World, mixed media brass and glass, found objects, 67″ x 30″, 2017
Theo Eliezer: rosemoon, animated gif, 2015
CIRIZA: Hair Face Casket for Oya, dimensions variable, 2016
ILONA BERGER and JAMSON SILGNENA: Notes from Kingdom of Rhythms, video, 2015