A three-person exhibition presented by Silverlens, Aquifer features works by Dina Gadia and MM Yu, who are both based in Manila, and Jenifer K. Wofford, who is based in San Francisco, California. The exhibit will be on view until September 10.
The assembly of their works convey the possibilities of liquefaction through art—ascribing to the ideas of water, motion, mutability and fluidity, while also celebrating diversity in form.
Like in Jenifer K. Wofford’s vibrant patterns and design that can be traced to the playful and exuberant aesthetic of the 1980s; in Dina Gadia’s clinical approach to painting that emphasizes simple, pictorial representations that poke fun at our social anxieties; and MM Yu’s elaborate palette of drip paintings, which allow the image to unfold through its own process, while complimenting her photographs and video of myriad colors and characters.
The motif of liquid is apparent in these works, as objects, patterns and prisms can be likened as visual particles that lay dormant within the sediments of our consciousness, while bearing the possibility that it was water, all along, that carried our weight.