Cass Davis
Out of Time
October 3 - November 14, 2020
Aspect/Ratio Projects is pleased to present Out of Time, a new body of work from artist Cass Davis curated by Pia Singh.
"Memory and history, far from being synonymous, appear now to be in fundamental opposition. Memory is life, borne by living societies founded in its name. It remains in permanent evolution, open to the dialectic of remembering and forgetting, unconscious of its successive deformation, vulnerable to manipulation and appropriation, susceptible to being long dormant and periodically revived. History, on the other hand, is the reconstruction, always problematic and incomplete, of what is no longer. Memory is a perpetually actual phenomenon, a bond tying us to the eternal present; history is a representation of the past."
- Pierre Nora
- Pierre Nora
Rapture, Apparition, 2020
Jacquard cloth and aged wooden billboard frame
96 x 108 x 48 in 244 x 274.3 x 122 cm
Jacquard cloth and aged wooden billboard frame
96 x 108 x 48 in 244 x 274.3 x 122 cm
Revival II, 2016
Woven Jacquard cloth
28 x 16 in 71.1 x 41 cm
Woven Jacquard cloth
28 x 16 in 71.1 x 41 cm
A House with many gardens, 2020
6 archival inkjet prints
7.5 x 5 in 19.05 x 13 cm each
(unframed)
28 x 16 in 71.1 x 41 cm
edition 3/3
6 archival inkjet prints
7.5 x 5 in 19.05 x 13 cm each
(unframed)
28 x 16 in 71.1 x 41 cm
edition 3/3
A house with many gardens (4), 2020
archival inkjet print
7.5 x 5 in 19.05 x 3 cm
(unframed)
archival inkjet print
7.5 x 5 in 19.05 x 3 cm
(unframed)
Stills from Sundown Town, Reprise, 2020
Single channel video
10:20 min TRT
edition 2/5
Single channel video
10:20 min TRT
edition 2/5
Momento Mori, 2020
oil painting on wood, resined studio-grown Zinnias, garden trellis, and clamp light
84 x 72 in 213.4 x 183 cm
oil painting on wood, resined studio-grown Zinnias, garden trellis, and clamp light
84 x 72 in 213.4 x 183 cm
Bible, 2018
Hand screen printed dye on textile
19 x 16.5 in 48.3 x 42 cm
Hand screen printed dye on textile
19 x 16.5 in 48.3 x 42 cm
Deadname, 2020
Cast soil, wood panel, photo album, teeth,
resined lilacs, and sunflowers
21 x 12 in 53.3 x 30.5 cm
Cast soil, wood panel, photo album, teeth,
resined lilacs, and sunflowers
21 x 12 in 53.3 x 30.5 cm
Hidden Cross, 2020
Cast soil, wood panel, gold cross necklace, and resined lilacs
11.5 x 12 in 29.2 x 30.5 cm
Cast soil, wood panel, gold cross necklace, and resined lilacs
11.5 x 12 in 29.2 x 30.5 cm
Lilacs, 2020
Cast soil, wood panel, photographs, resined
lilacs, and sunflowers
13 x 12 in 33 x 30.5 cm
Cast soil, wood panel, photographs, resined
lilacs, and sunflowers
13 x 12 in 33 x 30.5 cm
Presence, 2019
Hand screen printed dye on textile
28 x 16 in 71.1 x 41 cm
Hand screen printed dye on textile
28 x 16 in 71.1 x 41 cm
Selected Press
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Cass Davis is a Chicago-based artist with an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This is their first solo show at Aspect/Ratio Projects after recent solo exhibitions- HEARTLAND, at G-CADD St. Louis, and No Body on Earth But Yours, in conjunction with the Chicago Underground Film Festival. Davis has shown in group exhibitions and screenings in the UK, Miami, FL, New York City, NY, and has an upcoming exhibition at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.
Pia Singh is an independent curator living and working between Chicago (IL) and Bombay (IN) where she was the former director of Volte Gallery. She has spent over a decade working on the field of contemporary art as an independent researcher, writer and exhibition designer. and has dedicated the last 3 years to serving South Asian 501 (c) 3 organizations in Chicago. Singh earned her degree in Visual Communication from the National Institute of Design, IN, and a Masters in Arts Administration & Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. This is her third exhibition with Aspect/Ratio Projects.
Pia Singh is an independent curator living and working between Chicago (IL) and Bombay (IN) where she was the former director of Volte Gallery. She has spent over a decade working on the field of contemporary art as an independent researcher, writer and exhibition designer. and has dedicated the last 3 years to serving South Asian 501 (c) 3 organizations in Chicago. Singh earned her degree in Visual Communication from the National Institute of Design, IN, and a Masters in Arts Administration & Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. This is her third exhibition with Aspect/Ratio Projects.
