Torch/Leave/Repeat
october 16-31
2020

Dark humor, as a genre, specializes in making fun of what's taboo. While generally we do not consider the isolation that has come with quarantine and life during coronavirus taboo, Torch/Leave/Repeat kisses the edges of dark humor.

Isolation runs through Torch/Leave/Repeat; every image is a single body, not clearly seen. Light, lines, splats, overlays, and distortions add layers making bodies less form-like and more similar to shapes. When seen this way, each body/shape is isolated, grotesque, and also humorous. The same could be said for the timing of the show.

Opening October 2020 during a pandemic, the macabre timing is like the force of lines in the paintings, wood, and photos. A force of imposed retrospection and isolation; some of the works have an air of unwanted-self-portraiture, almost as if the artists had to reference themselves a few too many times. The repeats of self mirror the trap of pandemic and identity, creating new shapes in the distortion.

Torch/Leave/Repeat features the works of Charlie W. Burns, Soraya Majd, and Ashley Jaye Williams.