RODEO London

December 2, 2023 – January 13, 2024

Oh, the storm

Leidy Churchman, David Douard, Haris Epaminonda, Ian Law, Liliane Lijn, Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Shahryar Nashat, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Eftihis Patsourakis, Leslie Thornton, Iris Touliatou

It is the end of the year, Mars is in Sagittarius and it’s become hard to tell what is dream and what is real, what (is) news to follow, where to look, how to look at it, what to feel, how to feel when your body spasms unconsciously when it reads or it sees something.

How to count time between self and world; hours, days, weeks at work during times amidst intimacy, love and war.

The technological apparatus that dresses us, the one we occupy nowadays for the sake of moving, dreaming, even nurturing, is the same mechanism that can devour our dreams and our freedoms. But also the one that keeps us awake and in a way, alive; mediated through the same machine that bleeps emotions in silent mode.

This exhibition brings together artists of the gallery and takes as a starting point two opposites; the intimate vulnerability of our bodies mediated through the powerful structures, and the physical or digital materials they’re made of.

Leidy Churchman, Richness In Emptiness 1, Monotype (detail), 2019

Leidy Churchman, Richness In Emptiness 1, Monotype (detail), 2019

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Leslie Thornton, The Fold, digital video, B&W and colour, sound, duration: 4 min., 50 sec., 2012/2023

Leslie Thornton, The Fold, digital video, B&W and colour, sound, duration: 4 min., 50 sec., 2012/2023

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Ian Law, untitled, water based pigment ink on chamois leather, 36 x 25.2 cm, 2013

Ian Law, untitled, water based pigment ink on chamois leather, 36 x 25.2 cm, 2013

Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Untitled (laser cut drawing), Laser-cut drawing on plywood, 90 x 120 cm, 2021

Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Untitled (laser cut drawing), Laser-cut drawing on plywood, 90 x 120 cm, 2021

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Shahryar Nashat, Hustler_02.JPEG, acrylic gel, ink on paper, plywood, 36.2 x 30.5 x 2.9 cm, 2022

Shahryar Nashat, Hustler_02.JPEG, acrylic gel, ink on paper, plywood, 36.2 x 30.5 x 2.9 cm, 2022

David Douard, Belt, leather belt, aluminium, 16 cm diameter, 2017

David Douard, Belt, leather belt, aluminium, 16 cm diameter, 2017

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Installation view, Oh, the storm, Rodeo, London, 2023

Christodoulos Panayiotou, Untitled, Collage of pure silver pressed revetment pieces on wood panel, stainless steel nails, 37 x 27 x 1.9 cm, 2023

Christodoulos Panayiotou, Untitled, Collage of pure silver pressed revetment pieces on wood panel, stainless steel nails, 37 x 27 x 1.9 cm, 2023

Liliane Lijn, Linear Light Column, enamelled copper wire wound on perforated metal cylinder, mounted on motorised turntable, chrome steel base, 187.5 x Ø31 cm, 1969

Liliane Lijn, Linear Light Column, enamelled copper wire wound on perforated metal cylinder, mounted on motorised turntable, chrome steel base, 187.5 x Ø31 cm, 1969