Ebony G. Patterson: when the cuts erupt…the garden rings…and the warning is a wailing…
Contemporary Art Museum St. LouisSeptember 11, 2020 - February 21, 2021This exhibition traveled to the Institute of Contemporary Art San José (March 20–September 5, 2021).The garden has figured as a recurring motif throughout Ebony G. Patterson’s practice. For her CAM exhibition, she juxtaposes two new works: an immersive installation and a monumental, multilayered paper collage. The new works represent Patterson’s expansion into a new phase of her practice, emerging from the foundation of her previous garden-themed constructions. The garden serves as a “postcolonial” symbol of a past that is never fully buried and barely visible. Ebony G. Patterson: …when the cuts erupt…the garden rings…and the warning is a wailing… is organized for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator.
All images: Ebony G. Patterson: …when the cuts erupt…the garden rings…and the warning is a wailing…, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, September 11, 2020-February 21, 2021. Photos: Dusty Kessler. Video: Orlando V. Thompson
The exhibition is generously supported by Clayco, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Christy and Bill Gautreaux, Arthur Lewis and Hau Nguyen, december, and Carol and Michael Staenberg. Special thanks to Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.