HAIR+NAILS NADA Miami 2021 Booth 5.01: Manal Kara
HAIRandNAILS is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by Gary, IN based poet/visual artist Manal Kara including a collection of their wall-mounted Portals, made of ceramic and photographic prints on fabric, stacked and stitched together. They are visual and text-based poems, field notes, observations from deep listening during walks, drives and travel in general. There are also text-based paintings, and several small sculptures.
Manal Kara is a Moroccan-American self-taught interdisciplinary artist. Their work has been exhibited across the United States as well as in Istanbul, Vienna, Melbourne, and Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include Xylem & Phlöem at No Place Gallery in Columbus, OH, The Viewing-Room Vs. The Adoring-Gaze at Interstate Projects in Brooklyn, NY, Song of the Other Worm at Prairie in Chicago IL and Terassin’ Like a Slug Outta Heaven at Basketshop in Cincinnati, OH. Recent group shows include K as in knight at Helena Anrather in NYC, RIGHT NOW at HAIRandNAILS in Minneapolis, and The Human Scale at Rochester Art Center in Rochester, MN. They have attended residencies at ACRE, Ox-Bow, September Spring at the Kesey Farm, and Project Freewill. Upcoming solo exhibitions include Shulamit Nazarian, LA and HAIRandNAILS, MPLS.
www.manalkara.com @slug_bobby_how
taxonomies of brutality, whose systematics are in flux, pt 3 (2020) ceramic, photographic prints on cotton. 27”x 21”x 3”
Argania Spinoza (2020)
ceramic, photographic prints on cotton. 29″x 23″x 4″
Fourth moon, seventh sun, a journey with no end in sight, past the pyla (orgones in tow), two false dogstars to the left, casseiopeia to the right, sidhe & djinns in every direction (2021) ceramic, photographic prints on cotton and polyester. 44”x 43”x 4”
dodge city Kansas (2020)
ceramic, photographic prints on cotton. 29”x 21”x 3”
I thought more about what you were asking, and like a fly, I landed (2021) ceramic, photographic prints on cotton and polyester. 43”x 42”x 4”
cherry grape blueberry (syntax error system shutdown) (2020) ceramic, photographic prints on cotton. 27”x 22”x 4”
dodge city, kansas 2 (2020)
ceramic, photographic prints on cotton. 27”x 21”x 3”
Pain is Outrageous II (2021)
house paint and flocking on panel. 48”x 144”
Thirst of water
barbed wire, teasel, leather, polyester resin
. 7.5”x 3”x 7”
Fox Grape, River Grape (Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia)
(2018)
grape tendrils, photographic prints on fabric, polyester. 8”x 6”x 7”
Iphegenia II
Butterfly, horsehair, leather, body jewelry, polyester resin (2018). 8” X 3” x 7”
Battlestar Nausicaa Bambaataa
sea creatures, photographic prints on fabric, polyester resin
. 7.5”x 3”x 7”
GALLERY CONTACT:
HAIR+NAILS
Kristin Van Loon & Ryan Fontaine
2222 E. 35th St. Minneapolis, MN 55407
[email protected]
415-987-3037 (Ryan)
612-229-0585 (Kristin)
Other HAIRandNAILS artists:
KIM BENSON
JONATHAN HERRERA SOTO
RACHEL COLLIER
CAMERON DOWNEY
AMTK
GREG RICK
SOPHIA CHAI