Rubens Ghenov :: The Silent H
September 7 – September 30, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 6pm-10pm
PHILADELPHIA- Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to announce the opening of our September exhibition, The Silent H, featuring works by TSA member Rubens Ghenov. This exhibition is Rubens Ghenov’s first solo show with the gallery.
From the essay:
In the Portuguese language the letter h in the beginning of a word is silent, thus the words history and story are phonetically identical. Without much of a profound exegesis, history connotes fact, while story, fiction.
...If fact and fiction inhabit the two probable extremes in the line of truth, what kind of literature might reside in the middle? Could poetry occupy such a space? Could it somehow be the convergent moment between them?
...The story of Algia Adamus is found at this precise juncture where fact, fiction and poetry mingle muddily all ending in sound that turns silent.
In The Silent H, Rubens Ghenov will exhibit a series of paintings which engage his research on an obscure poet named Algia Adamus. The research was sparked by the discovery of a shared appreciation for a Sergio Mendes record cover, depicting a painting by the artist Ivan De Moraes. Strangely, both Ghenov and Adamus disliked the record, but kept the cover for years as an instrument of inspiration in their respective studios. Adamus in later years began reciting her poems through a makeshift sound machine in order to make intelligible speech dissolve into sound. Adamus disappeared in 1975, leaving numerous compositions taped over a Sergio Mendes cassette tape, bearing the shared image. Sheltered in Adamus, Ghenov dissolves her words, methodology, eristic and controversial history into images, creating another selection of poems.
From the essay:
In the Portuguese language the letter h in the beginning of a word is silent, thus the words history and story are phonetically identical. Without much of a profound exegesis, history connotes fact, while story, fiction.
...If fact and fiction inhabit the two probable extremes in the line of truth, what kind of literature might reside in the middle? Could poetry occupy such a space? Could it somehow be the convergent moment between them?
...The story of Algia Adamus is found at this precise juncture where fact, fiction and poetry mingle muddily all ending in sound that turns silent.
In The Silent H, Rubens Ghenov will exhibit a series of paintings which engage his research on an obscure poet named Algia Adamus. The research was sparked by the discovery of a shared appreciation for a Sergio Mendes record cover, depicting a painting by the artist Ivan De Moraes. Strangely, both Ghenov and Adamus disliked the record, but kept the cover for years as an instrument of inspiration in their respective studios. Adamus in later years began reciting her poems through a makeshift sound machine in order to make intelligible speech dissolve into sound. Adamus disappeared in 1975, leaving numerous compositions taped over a Sergio Mendes cassette tape, bearing the shared image. Sheltered in Adamus, Ghenov dissolves her words, methodology, eristic and controversial history into images, creating another selection of poems.
Rubens Ghenov :: The Silent H
September 7 – September 30, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 6pm-10pm
Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 2pm-6pm and by appointment
(484)-469-0319, tigerstrikesasteroid@gmail.com
Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 6pm-10pm
Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 2pm-6pm and by appointment
(484)-469-0319, tigerstrikesasteroid@gmail.com
Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 2pm-6pm and by appointment
(484)-469-0319, tigerstrikesasteroid@gmail.com
