Opening Reception, Hook, Eye, Mouth: Eleanor Aldrich, Matthan Cowart, Poppy DeltaDawn & Higinio Martinez

smoke the moon present Hook, Eye, Mouth: a group show of work by Eleanor Aldrich, Matthan Cowart, Poppy DeltaDawn and Higinio Martinez in the casita gallery. This show brings together four artists working across painting, sculpture and textile to ply the edges of form with an ecstatic gaze. Hook, Eye, Mouth presents work that boomerangs through the surface tension of reference, craft and material inquiry.

Though their studio practices encompass a vast arena of formal pursuits, the four artists are united by their creative rigor. From punchy, delicate weavings by Poppy DeltaDawn to the layered and hyper-saturated wall sculptures by Matthan Cowart, the work in Hook, Eye, Mouth serves as absurdist scrolls.

Each piece deifies its own reference: slogans, discarded daily objects and children’s stories appearing in a flash and then morphing into something new and strange. Through a trove of reference each artist maintains their stylistic integrity; asking questions about what we know and how truth changes upon second glance. This show underscores the way that artists can serve as translators.