Info and Installation images:
https://www.sargentsdaughters.com/rema-ghuloum-inviting-the-bell

Rema Ghuloum | Inviting the Bell

November 19 – December 17, 2022

Sargent’s Daughters is pleased to present Inviting the Bell, the debut New York solo exhibition of Los Angeles-based artist Rema Ghuloum. This also marks the inaugural Sargent’s Daughters presentation in “Underground,” an alternating exhibition space shared with SHRINE Gallery on the lower level of 179 East Broadway, New York.

The phrase “inviting the bell” is a Buddhist chant attributed to Thich Nhat Hanh Het which invites practitioners to call in tranquility and joy, as the sound of the bell itself is an invitation to listen deeply and reflect. For Ghuloum, Inviting the Bell is a means of entering into a meditative relationship with the work. Like the reverberations that emanate from a bell even after the audible tones have faded, this body of work resonates with energy and subtle sensation

The exhibition features a rhythmic array of nine small paintings of identical scale, encouraging prolonged contemplation and intimate engagement with the work. With long looking, the seemingly flat swirls of blues, pinks, yellows, and greens resolve and dissolve from grids to organic forms to deep, prismatic depths. The compositions appear to resonate with synesthetic frequencies. Each individual work varies from muted tones to deeply saturated hues, representing a full spectrum of colors and sensations.

The experience of encountering these works mimics the process of their production. Beginning on the floor, Ghuloum uses squeeze bottles and buckets to pour, flick, and drip diluted acryla-gouche onto the canvases. Once this layer dries, Ghuloum moves the canvases onto the wall and slowly builds up thin glazes of oil paint, working with and against the initial poured layer. Moving geologically, Ghuloum continues to build and subtract from the composition, sanding between each successive layer until the work vibrates with an internal tension. The finished surfaces retain the history of this improvisatory and responsive practice, manifesting a resonance between the works and the viewer.

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 Morning Chant, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Morning Chant, 2022     
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 Morning Chant (detail)     
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 Morning Chant (detail)     
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 Eclipse, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Eclipse, 2022     
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 Eclipse (detail)     
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 Eclipse (detail)     
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 Wave, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Wave, 2022     
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 Wave (detail)     
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 Wave (detail)     
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 Presence, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Presence, 2022     
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 Presence (detail)     
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 Presence (detail)     
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 Sun, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Sun, 2022     
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 Sun, detail     
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 Sun (detail)     
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 Magic Hour, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Magic Hour, 2022     
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 Magic Hour (detail)     
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 Magic Hour (detail)     
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 Mirror, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Mirror, 2022     
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 Mirror (detail)     
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 Mirror (detail)     
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 Memory, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Memory, 2022     
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 Memory (detail)     
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 Memory (detail)     
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 Evening Chant, 2022   mixed media on canvas, 23 x 17 in. 
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 Evening Chant, 2022     
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 Evening Chant (detail)     
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 Evening Chant (detail)