Sooki Studio is proud to present the debut solo show, Tumbleweed, by artist Jerry Haripin on view from November 17, 2024 - January 18, 2025.
This exhibition marks Sooki Studio's first show celebrating the work of artists within the studio's community. In conversation with exhibiting artists, the studio explores how work can be viewed and engaged with within an alternative space that exists outside of an institution. Please join us in welcoming Haripin's transfixing body of work to the studio's walls.
To schedule a time to view the exhibition please email info@sooki.studio
From the artist:
This body of work started around the beginning of this year when weeds were growing on my patio - through small cracks in concrete, through constraints imposed by human intervention.
Weeds embody an identity that is both contextual and subjective. These plants are defined by existing in spaces where they are deemed unwanted, subject to valuations and narratives of their functional or aesthetic qualities. For me, the language and perception surrounding these plants can be used as a way to view certain forms of human categorization. They also serve as an entry point to engage with the feeling of otherness related to my own family history of migration and an upbringing split between cultures. Self-image divided through existence in simultaneous environments.
Can something greater be made from lesser parts? These paintings start as simple line drawings - a dandelion, a sow thistle, and a dead leaf are repeated in various ways to create something new. This process borrows from the musical practice of sampling wherein source material can be repeated and manipulated in various ways, and in particular, from Steve Reich's early tape loops in which a certain type of abstraction is achieved through the repetition of the explicitly non-abstract.
Jerry Haripin (b. 1992 Carrollton, TX) is a first-generation Indonesian Chinese American based in Los Angeles. His multidisciplinary practice draws from a background in engineering and outdoor exploration to inform material and process, and he thematically engages with abstraction and human relation to nature.
Accessibility
The exhibition space is ADA accessible. A bathroom is available for workshop participants that has a set of 3 stairs leading to it that is not currently ADA accessible. For any specific needs or additional questions on accessibility, please reach out.
COVID Protocol
Attendees are encouraged to take at home Covid tests prior to the workshop to ensure collective safety. As we're working in a very well ventilated environment, masks are optional. If you are experiencing any Covid like symptoms or have been exposed to someone with Covid, please stay home and get in touch.