Rhea Dillon
We looked for eyes creased with concern, but saw only veils
Opening—26 April 2023, 5 to 8 PM
Rhea Dillon, Two Tears in/to Home, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon, Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-storybook-eyes., 2023. Photograph by Joanna Wilk. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon, Pretty eyes. Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-storybook-eyes. (detail), 2023. Photograph by Joanna Wilk. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon, Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-, 2023. Photograph by Joanna Wilk. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon, Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue- (detail), 2023. Photograph by Joanna Wilk. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon, Incomprehensible Sex Coming To Its Dreaded Fruition; nothing remains but Pecola & the Unyielding Earth, 2023. Photograph by Joanna Wilk. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon, Incomprehensible Sex Coming To Its Dreaded Fruition; nothing remains but Pecola & the Unyielding Earth (detail), 2023. Photograph by Joanna Wilk. Courtesy of the artist and Sweetwater, Berlin
Rhea Dillon is an artist, writer, and poet based in London whose work examines rules of representation and presentations of Blackness. Her exhibition at Sweetwater for Gallery Weekend, titled We looked for eyes creased with concern, but saw only veils, takes Toni Morrison’s debut novel The Bluest Eye (1970) as inspiration, following its narrative and characters through painting, sculpture, and installation