Poltergeists @ Groundswell Gallery (Evan Isoline)
- Evan Isoline — Ghost
- Evan Isoline — Intersex
- Evan Isoline — Penumbra
- Evan Isoline — Skyless
- Evan Isoline — Voidsense
- Evan Isoline — Cuisine
- Evan Isoline — Autocastration
- Evan Isoline — Typographic Nude 1 (Derriere Le Miroir)
- Evan Isoline — Typographic Nude 2 (My Heart is a Predatory Mollusk)
- Evan Isoline — Typographic Nude 3 (Triple Hexxx)
- Evan Isoline — Preistkiller
- Evan Isoline — Poltergeists (gallery view)
Perfect bodies chopped and layered, like onions or IDM.
The hollow, doll-like sexuality of fashion magazines. Flat, solid pastels; delicately rendered renaissance anatomy. The show is stylishly soulless and objectifies its subjects: plastic, bloodless bodies with no people inside. Most of the heads have been cropped just below the eyes but a few of the faces have been actively scratched out. Is objectification — the premise that people and bodies can be separated, and that there’s something to be gained by dealing with bodies separately — less troubling if it’s not erotic? If it’s cold, rather than hot?
Classic like Greek busts, without color or appendages.
I wrote “bloodless,” but there are actually leeches on the most intense piece in the room, which is black, shiny, and reminiscent of a clown. In other words: evil.