West, London
Joan Jonas
Fawn Grove
Amanda WilkinsonThis exhibition was inspired by a short text by Joan Jonas, Fawn Grove, originally published in an issue of the magazine Art-Rite in 1974. The text recounts a walk that Jonas took through the countryside with her dog Sappho. The content, structure and rhythm of the text reflect numerous elements that have recurred in Jonas’s work over a long career: the notion of a journey, circular movement, mirroring, our relationship to animals and nature and the artist’s abiding interest in poetry and literature. The exhibition includes a recent video work Beautiful Dog, 2014, and drawings from both Jonas’s studio practice and from her performances, culminating in her most recent performance Moving off the Land, commissioned by TBA21-Academy and performed at Ocean Space, Venice, 2018 and Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2019. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication with contributions from Éric Alliez, Daisy Lafarge and Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith.