Parsons alumn Phoenix Lindsey-Hall will debut a solo exhibition entitled “Never Stop Dancing,” featuring 49 illuminated, slip cast porcelain disco balls—an homage to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando in June, 2016.
Extending from Lindsey-Hall’s ongoing practice examining violence in queer communities through the medium of cast porcelain objects (often ones people have used in hate crimes) the 49 porcelain disco balls that make up “Never Stop Dancing” will each be illuminated with light and suspended at various heights from the ceiling of the darkened gallery, casting shadows and invoking reflection.
An erstwhile queer rights lobbyist in Kentucky, Lindsey-Hall’s practice refocuses her advocacy. “Never Stop Dancing” focuses the conversations concerning queer personhood in the aftermath of the shooting into a deeply humanistic manifestation that recalls the sculptural work of Robert Gober and Kara Walker. “Never Stop Dancing” looks at how queer nightclubs and bars existed as places of safe harbor while attracting danger just outside. In a post-Pulse reality, Lindsey-Hall asks viewers how we move forward after a harbor has been compromised (from Victori + Mo.com).
Never Stop Dancing by PHOENIX LINDSEY-HALL at VICTORI + MO
JANUARY 6 – FEBRUARY 12, 2017
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 6-9PM
Gallery Hours
Thursday – Sunday, 1pm – 6pm
And by appointment
Location
56 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
