Petah Coyne (CRF 2011) to show Having Gone I Will Return, a solo exhibition of new and recent work at the Galerie Lelong & Co. In her first solo exhibition in New York in nearly a decade, Coyne conceives ambitious tableaux that evoke cross-cultural themes of vanity, grief, and tragedy.
Her richly layered, deeply psychological sculptures evince a long-standing interest in literature and literary figures, from Bruno Schulz to Joan Didion, and Japanese literature and film in particular. The exhibition title, Having Gone I Will Return, is an English translation of two Japanese terms for saying goodbye taken from Richard Lloyd Parry’s Ghosts of the Tsunami. Coyne often ties these tales to her own personal narratives of family and friends lost.
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Opening reception: Thursday, September 13, 6-8pm