A Depthless Tropic
Leonardo Kaplan
9.16 — 10.18
The collection of artworks in this exhibition stem from the desire to empathetically relate to the way we, culturally, have irrevocably rationalized place and ecological reality.
Here unfolds an emotional, visual and physical disassociation of our biological and chemical world.
Pointing at the traces, tropes and histories of affectation embedded in our cultural translation of landscape, biology and natural systems.
Much of the imagery is sourced from nature photography books, magazines and old post- cards that are emblematic of our imagined romance, distortion and violence with nature.
These photo-sculptural objects reveal a strangely personal set of implications concerning the origins of these types of images and their interpretations.
They are contrasted with quotidian images of endemic “weeds” and familiar house plants.
Leonardo Kaplan (b. Bogota, Colombia, 1985)is a visual artist based in Chicago, IL. He has exhibited in Chicago with Paris London Hong Kong, New Capital Projects and the Graham Foundation, at Basket Shop in Cincinnati, the Fries Museum in Berlin and has been represented by Paris London Hong Kong at NADA New York 2022.