leafmold paradise

Caroline Achaintre, Julia Bennett, Mary Herbert, Aya Higuchi, Shana Hoehn, Koak and Hikari Ono

Press release

15 West Central St

Preview: 1 March 2024, 6–8pm

Throughout the evening we will be serving tiny glasses of 'Terroir', a distillation of clay, flint and lichen by Untitled Drinks

I won't tell you where the place is, the dark mesh of the woods⁠
meeting the unmarked strip of light—⁠
ghost-ridden crossroads, leafmold paradise

Excerpt from What Kind of Times Are These (1991), Adrienne Rich

Download and listen to the press release, a recording of Adrienne Rich's 'What Kind of Times Are These' (1991), read by the author, and Philip Stopford's Lully, Lulla, Lullay (2008), mixed by Charlotte Adlard.⁠

'leafmold paradise', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific

Koak, Rouge, 2024, graphite, pastel, and casein on rag paper, 21.6 x 16.5 cm

Hikari Ono (from left), Object for Painting No. 116, 2024, clay, 14.5 x 12 x 6.5 cm, Object for Painting No. 109, 2023, clay, 13 x 11 x 6 cm, Object for Painting No. 97, 2023, clay, 11.5 x 10 x 3.5

'leafmold paradise', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific

Mary Herbert, Centuries, 2024, oil on linen, 170 x 80 cm

Koak, Finch, 2024, graphite, pastel, charcoal, ink, and casein on rag paper, 21.6 x 16.5 cm

Julia Bennett, All Flesh is Grass, 2023, wild clay, oil paint on dust sheet, 25 x 20 cm

Koak, The Anchor, 2024, graphite, pastel, charcoal, and casein on rag paper, 21.6 x 16.5 cm

Aya Higuchi, Sparrow in the fog, 2023, oil on canvas, 140 x 180 mm

Julia Bennett, Death is not always an end, 2023, oil on woven Washingtonia filifera (Fan Palm) leaves, 28 x 43 cm

Koak, Celeste, 2024, graphite, pastel, and casein on rag paper, 16.5 x 21.6 cm

Aya Higuchi, Tulips, 2024, oil on canvas, 333 x 242 mm

Caroline Achaintre, Auto-Nomne, 2024, hand-tufted wool, metal frame, 270 x 239 cm

Mary Herbert, Sea Change, 2023-24, oil on linen, 41 x 36 cm

'leafmold paradise', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific

Julia Bennett, The apocalypse is always with us, 2023, oil and clay on woven canvas and satin, 28 x 43 cm

'leafmold paradise', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific

Koak, Bird's Eye, 2024, graphite, pastel, and casein on rag paper, 21.6 x 16.5 cm

'leafmold paradise', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific

Shana Hoehn, Breast Bracket #9 with Rebar and Cattails, 2023, aluminum with patina, brass cattails with paint, rebar, 101 cm x 18 cm x 45 cm

'leafmold paradise', 2024, installation view, Union Pacific

Aya Higuchi, In the mountain wind, 2023, oil on canvas, 333 x 242 mm

Koak, Longest Hour, 2024, graphite, pastel, charcoal, ink, and casein on rag paper, 21.6 x 16.5 cm