Vanessa Gravenor, Paper Swallows Rock, 2021, 4K or HD, Stereo Sound, 16 min 44 seconds
Sunday, March 8 at 4 PM
A.I.R. Gallery
A child learns to read against the backdrop of war. An infant coos. A porpoise dies. Letters are written.
When Honey Tastes Like Metal brings together a selection of video works by Mona Hatoum, Tanika Williams, Patty Chang, and Vanessa Gravenor, framed by and expanding upon Shasha Dothan’s solo exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, P is for Pomegranates, G is for Grenade, L is for Love. Within the exhibition, Dothan’s experience as the mother of a three-year-old grounds her ongoing consideration of violence and desensitization.
Here, the artists approach related concerns from distinct vantage points, engaging ancestry, exile, anthropomorphism, and wartime propaganda. Across the works, a central question emerges: what conditions shape our capacity for empathy and love—or its absence?
Please join us for a talkback with several of the presenting artists and Natalia Nakazawa, founder of the Arts Parents group. The conversation is moderated by exhibition curator Jesse Bandler Firestone.
Guests with children are encouraged to bring the whole family - childcare will be provided.