SENSUAL ASSAULT

PIONEERTOWN, CA 2017

Sensual Assault was a group exhibition highlighting the physical sensations that dominate in wild desert space. One feels the wind, the heat, the sun, and an overwhelming visceral sense of the vastness of geological time. Visually, these forces can be seen in the earth, dry and sharp, worn smooth in places, and the plants that grow imperceptibly only to explode with flowers in the spring.

The overwhelming sensations from this landscape provide a context to explore the human body’s violence and vulnerability. Through texture and movement, sensuality and savagery, the human experience is shown in the traces and imprints that people and places leave on each other.

This exhibition was curated by Leyden Pavlova and included artworks by Theodore Boyer, Marie Tomanova, William Kaner, Shig, and Ethan Rider.