Sometimes an artist shows up in multiple venues at one time. Right now, one can see Beth Secor at UH Downtown and at Inman Gallery. And Emily Peacock has a show at Lawndale and Jonathan Hopson Gallery. I wrote about die laughingat Lawndale and just want to mention lightweight, on view through December 5 at Jonathan Hopson Gallery. I just want to mention two pieces.
Peacock is a photographer, although her artistic practice has evolved into multiple streams—the creation of objects, films, videos, paintings, etc. But she returns to photography here with a series called Bayou Behemoths.
These photos of kudzu were taken on purple film. They look ominous, like the setting for a horror film or science fiction film on an alien world.
And this one is like a giant, fuzzy dick protruding from the bayou.
Emily Peacock, Bayou Behemoth, photograph, 2021
The low angles on these make them loom over the viewer. The Bayou Behemoths are wonderfully creepy.
Then there is this piece, which on first glance feels like an inexplicable found object.
Emily Peacock, Flavin Skates: August 4th, 2021
A pair of brightly colored rollerskates on a chrome-plates serving tray. What can they mean?
Emily Peacock, Flavin Skates: August 4th, 2021
There is a story behind them which the artist told me herself at the opening. But she told me that for a certain reason that anyone would understand, “I am not advertising it if you know what I mean.” So I got to hear the story, but you don’t. If you run into Peacock at an opening or just socially, ask her yourself. The story behind the skates is bonkers.