An artist’s studio functions as a container for creative endeavors. Artistic gestures are repeated in private until—eventually and hopefully—the artwork is shown to the public. The artwork is generated and tested in the studio and then staged and displayed in an exhibition space.
This exhibition proposes the gallery as an extension of the studio practices of Cicely Carew and Sneha Shrestha, a.k.a. IMAGINE. A vital element of each artist’s practice involves repeating actions that are simultaneously process and product. Emerging from a period of focused production, the artists will complete the exhibited artworks with and within Abigail Ogilvy Gallery. As the artists flex and bend to respond to the particular conditions of this site, the rehearsal of their work becomes tied to its final performance.