On View
Vermillion
Opening: July 9th 6 - 8 pm
Closing: July 30th
Flow Space Gallery is pleased to present Vermillion, an exhibition from collaborating artists Genevieve Blais and Chris Bahry. Opening at Flow Space Gallery of July 9th from 6-8 pm and closing July 31st
The exhibition examines the shifting relationship between image, desire and spectatorship. As a point of departure the transformation of “I think therefore I am” into “I post therefore I am” the exhibition considers a culture in which pleasure is no longer experienced, but staged, documented and consumed.
Inspired from the visual languages of hyper sexuality, kitsch and voyeuristic cinema, Vermillion invites viewers into the uneasy position of both participant and spectator. Each photograph evokes scenes of desire while deliberately withholding the satisfaction typically promised by such imagery. Within the work, desire is fabricated, bleached, dyed and sugared into a synthetic version of itself staged for no reason but to be looked at.
The figures that populate Vermillion resist complete visibility. Their faces dissolve into shadow, blur, conceal and bodies become anonymous while pleasure loses its author. In this refusal of easy access the work unsettles the act of looking, implicating viewers within the dynamic of voyeurism. This work asks not only what is means to be seen, but what is means to desire and image that refuses to return the gaze.
For press inquiries, collector interest or addition information about Vermillion, please contact Flow Space Gallery at info@flowspacegallery.com.
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Flow Space was created from a deep love for the arts and a commitment to community.
More than a gallery, Flow Space is a community rooted art space, dedicated to showcasing the powerful, personal, and political works of artists who may exist outside traditional structures of recognition, self-taught visionaries, and those forging paths on their terms. With a particular focus on supporting women-identifying and LGBTQIA+ artists, Flow Space seeks to make room for those too often overlooked and to affirm the importance of their voices.
Flow Space extends beyond the confines of visual art, aiming to be a platform for lived experience, storytelling, and unapologetic self-expression in all its forms. Here, there is no expectation to explain or conform. We believe in art without censorship, identity without compromise, and community without judgment.
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