01Chaos Is A Flower
San Mei Gallery
39a Loughborough Rd
London SW9 7TB
Solo
12 April - 1 June
2024
“Chaos is a Flower turns away from linear understandings of historical events and collective trauma that position history within the limited framework of anthropocentric perception, inspired by the morphology of germinating plants as a symbol of resilience and hope. Rather than remaining within the historical confines of what he calls the event of ‘geohydrotrauma’, Naas instead offers more cosmological conceptions of time in order to expand the possibilities for rewriting histories through the regenerative and restorative lens of deep time and deep ecology. If trauma can be understood as a repetitive bind in which its victims become forever “stuck” within the traumatic event, the exhibition offers a speculative environment alive to moments of transformation and healing.”
Untitled (Sandbag), 2024 Printed vinyl, rope and sandUntitled (Sandbag), 2024 Printed vinyl, rope and sandSepal, 2024 Denim, Polyester and MetalSepal, 2024 Denim, Polyester and MetalUntitled (Seed), 2024 Plastic and spray primerArchetypal Flower, 2024 Plastic and epoxy puttyChaos Is A Flower, 2024 (Exhibition View)Chaos Is A Flower, 2024 (Exhibition View)Chaos Is A Flower, A Friction In Every Direction 2023 (Text)
Environment Making: Tawfik Naas & Munesu Mukombe2024 Conversation
What If I don't want to ‘world build’? What if there are things that I love and want to manipulate within my own world? How do I straddle the boundaries between a newly imagined environment and the old that I inherited? Like the walls of my teenage bedroom I build my practice expressing my desires ; cutting out pages from a magazine and taping them on a wall. No inhibitions. I am environment making’ -
Chaos Is A Flower, A Friction In Every DirectionChaos Is A Flower, A Friction In Every Direction