Florescence

Jordany Genao
Leah Guadagnoli
Casey Jex Smith
Emily Kiacz
Gracelee Lawrence
Alyssa McClenaghan
Joey Parlett

May 7–June 19, 2022
Opening reception Saturday, May 7, 3–5 PM

The Garden
Alexi Antoniadis, Sarah E. Brook, Martine Kaczynski, Gracelee Lawrence, Andrea Miller, Amelia Toelke

The Drawing Room: 001
Casey Jex Smith, Joey Parlett

Florescence is,
a time of flowering,
a period of great vigor,
blooming,
success and achievement,
spring.

Florescence is the way Leah Guadagnoli shapes her paintings and sculpts her surfaces. Florescence is Sarah E. Brook’s poetic verticality in How We Talk To Each Other When There is Enough. It is in the playful yet structured steel work of Alexi Antoniadis. It is embodied in Jordany Genao’s pieces, whether they allude to it or are actually in bloom. Florescence is harnessed, framed and recontextualised in Martine Kaczynski’s, Estate Corners in Yellow and Mauve, while it is lifted up to the sky and ethereally humanized in Gracelee Lawrence's, Lack of Permanent Connection. Amelia Toelke and Andrea Miller’s Underpin & Overcoat punctuate a quasi (non?) socio-political florescence while Emily Kiacz’s brushstrokes sweep elegantly beyond the shaped canvas's edge. Florescence is feminized in radiator like, lipstick hued, strangely enticing sculptures by Alyssa McClenaghan. Florescence weaves in and out of Casey Jex Smith’s deep and intricate drawn worlds and is inherent throughout Joey Parlett’s investigations into otherworldly nature scapes.

When choosing the artists for the inaugural exhibition, Florescence at Turley Gallery, I wanted to present a group of artists who personify the mission of the gallery. These 12 artists and the ones to follow all push the boundaries of their respective mediums and create work that is fresh, relevant and significant.

I cannot wait to welcome everyone to Turley Gallery for our first exhibition and all those to follow.

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Ryan Turley
Director
Turley Gallery