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Almine Rech

Chloe Wise Of false beaches and butter money

Sep 5 — Oct 7, 2017 | Paris

Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com

Almine Rech is proud to present Of false beaches and butter money, the gallery’s first solo exhibition by Canadian artist Chloe Wise.

Linked in approach, but not material, Wise’s practice spans installation, video, sculpture, painting, and drawing. Signaling the link between self-presentation and forms of betterment, Wise discloses relationships between image creation and authenticity, probing the performative means we use to adjust to the commercialization of all aspects of contemporary life. Here, food becomes the nexus for unexpected associations—a cypher for the artist to map protean relations between self-care, consumption, gender negotiations, and alternative routes to pleasures.
 

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Selected artworks

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Virgo Triennal, 2017

    Chloe Wise Virgo Triennal, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 152,4 cm
    72 x 60 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Louis Vuitton Crocs, a lamb who is tender, 2017

    Chloe Wise Louis Vuitton Crocs, a lamb who is tender, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 152,4 cm
    72 x 60 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Do not go gentle into that Hidden Valley, 2017

    Chloe Wise Do not go gentle into that Hidden Valley, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 152,4 cm
    72 x 60 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      You'll go blind looking for it, 2017

    Chloe Wise You'll go blind looking for it, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 152,4 cm
    72 x 60 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Gluten Freedom, 2017

    Chloe Wise Gluten Freedom, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 152,4 cm
    72 x 60 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Still life with peach, president, 2017

    Chloe Wise Still life with peach, president, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    182,9 x 152,4 cm
    72 x 60 inches

  • Isn't it sad that you're not enough, 2017

    Isn't it sad that you're not enough, 2017

    Oil on canvas
    127 x 98 cm (framed)
    50 x 38 5/8 inches (framed)

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Lactose Tolerance , 2017

    Chloe Wise Lactose Tolerance , 2017

    Oil on canvas
    210 x 300 cm
    82 5/8 x 118 1/8 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Vision of soft skin, Tabasco sauce, 2017

    Chloe Wise Vision of soft skin, Tabasco sauce, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, foil wrapper, glass on mirror plinth
    131 x 40.5 x 40 cm
    51 5/8 x 16 x 15 3/4 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Bains de gros thé pour grains de beauté, 2017

    Chloe Wise Bains de gros thé pour grains de beauté, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, glass on mirror plinth
    119 x 30,5 x 30,5 cm
    46 7/8 x 12 x 12 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Void-of-course Probiotic Promise, 2017

    Chloe Wise Void-of-course Probiotic Promise, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, antique kettle, glass jar on mirror plinth
    88 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm
    34 5/8 x 16 x 16 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Inceste de Citron, 2017

    Chloe Wise Inceste de Citron, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, antique silverware on cowhide
    109,5 x 30,5 x 30,5 cm
    43 1/8 x 12 x 12 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      A Poem For Pilates, 2017

    Chloe Wise A Poem For Pilates, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, glass, antique silverware on cowhide
    130,5 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm
    51 3/8 x 16 x 16 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Rope that counts your jumps, 2017

    Chloe Wise Rope that counts your jumps, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, antique candleholder, cowhide
    89 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm
    35 x 16 x 16 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Breaking sugar on someone's back, 2017

    Chloe Wise Breaking sugar on someone's back, 2017

    Oil paint, urethane, wicker baskets, antique silverware, various nondairy milk packages, napkins on mirror
    145 x 242 x 120 cm
    57 1/8 x 95 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches

  • Chloe Wise,                                      Make me a copy of the keys to your body, 2017

    Chloe Wise Make me a copy of the keys to your body, 2017

    Video 18’44’’
    Ed 1/3

Videos

  • In conversation: Chloe Wise and Alice Pfeiffer
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