Dream Journal
Group Show
Jun8–Jul282023
‘What does it feel like to have lost an entire world?’
Samuel Delany, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Borrowing this maxim from Delany’s 1984 science fiction novel in which entire universes disappear in the blink of an eye, Dream Journal features the work of 16 artists who explore the void between sleep and wakefulness. The implication of a dream journal as a tool to capture the subconscious is a testament to the impossibility of the task. Even still, the world we do occupy consciously is increasingly defined by a loosened grasp on what is real and what is not.
The works on view consider a world only slightly askew from the one we know, and the futility of harnessing the power of our subconscious. These waking fever dreams are most candidly examined in works utilizing AI technology (Charlie Engman) or dissonant audio-visual installations (Jordan Strafer), and feel as pressing as ever in works rendered in traditional mediums (Łukasz Stokłosa, Phillip Gabriel, Ian Faden) aiming to express the complexity of our shared lived experiences.
Artists from every generation have confronted the daunting and seemingly endless task of recalibrating their understanding of the world around them in real time. While our perception that the world as we know it is constantly collapsing in on itself is not inaccurate, it is also not new, as illustrated by works dating back to the 1960’s and 70’s (Alina Szapocznikow, Ken Nevadomi). There is solace and even joy to be found in our collective impulse to zoom out and wonder not only what is real, but what we might possibly generate, rectify or build as we move forward.
The exhibition varies widely in tone — from artists exploring the psychic terrain of domesticity in miniature (Olivia Erlanger), to imagined dialogues with celebrities who have already left this mortal coil (Scott Covert). Formally, materials range from combines of found objects (Brandon Ndife, Brittany Adeline King) to ceramic (Jesse Wine), graphite (Anna Park) and new approaches to photography (Harley Weir, Carmen Winant, Ivan Forde). Each of the works proposes a tangible if fleeting representation of what the world could be as far as the artist is concerned. We have the shared benefit of getting to experience these visions with our feet on the ground and our eyes open.
Dream Journal is on view through July 28th at Company Gallery.
Artists include Scott Covert, Charlie Engman, Olivia Erlanger, Ian Faden, Ivan Forde, Phillip Gabriel, Brittany Adeline King, Brandon Ndife, Ken Nevadomi, Anna Park, Łukasz Stokłosa, Jordan Strafer, Alina Szapocznikow, Harley Weir, Carmen Winant & Jesse Wine
Selected Works
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/61ee7c7577d21223762967e1b39d6e1a57ffbc92-4099x5594.jpg?w=1200)
Olivia Erlanger
3:31 PM,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/3ed38708ef33d070560b3999049bbc40205d5da4-5003x4196.jpg?w=1200)
Ken Nevadomi
Untitled (Study for Asleep),
2000
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/c07fabada6405d03b1786f35f610411cd2b8a06e-400x400.jpg?w=1200)
Charlie Engman
Mom (Clay II),
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/33c722220394fe9cd5fd8e306b99a584b2857afa-926x1130.jpg?w=1200)
Alina Szapocznikow
Bez Tytułu (Untitled),
1961
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/7044972faa2b23451c7d793f4f3389375525f2d5-958x1122.jpg?w=1200)
Alina Szapocznikow
Popiersie kobiety bez głowy 1 (Headless Bust of a Woman 1),
1971
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/7422d082cf18016009838c2419b88e3281495d3c-1106x924.jpg?w=1200)
Alina Szapocznikow
Paysage humain III (Human Landscape III),
1971
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/6f0b17ee783dfeb6072b054229658949b08e4844-4182x6521.jpg?w=1200)
Carmen Winant
Togethering,
2020
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/8e9d158a04fc4d88a73ef9f8420ad2a48f88ade4-1170x1452.jpg?w=1200)
Brittany Adeline King
Edina 2,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/29330246de419a31bd809d1b4ac08150b891a6d5-1170x978.jpg?w=1200)
Brittany Adeline King
Light box,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/0025869cddf57e6ed2fe464a7314b87b8b5d4e9b-3024x2497.jpg?w=1200)
Brittany Adeline King
Oma’s love shines down on me like a ray of sunshine,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/16140bac6363cc9ceac51d8eabdffac5c78f7954-3858x5310.jpg?w=1200)
Brittany Adeline King
Akunne 2,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/f2b0ec4259df6365977648251aa2ea37c6d6b839-6720x4480.jpg?w=1200)
Brittany Adeline King
Now I lay me down to sleep,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/0b47abd8ff30a1bcdde990cd68427ff51469bac4-5472x4290.jpg?w=1200)
Ken Nevadomi
Erroneous St. Bridgett (Purple Passion),
1980
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/96074ffbe203ad548f89aea342dbe996278ddbf8-6441x4480.jpg?w=1200)
Jesse Wine
I think you ought to know I’m going through a creative stage some people find difficult to connect to V,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/c616afc747edc893ec84de13421bbc7d691766f6-6200x4133.jpg?w=1200)
Phillip Gabriel
Red hot car,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/77532285037dc8cc47586bdfbc532d27b7885ec1-6458x4374.jpg?w=1200)
Phillip Gabriel
Reality check,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/9ac46a4509fc03841734fb78835c18a97c81157e-5832x4403.jpg?w=1200)
Anna Park
Harvest,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/04c4519b16e09bc9b5a4e53c9bcb784e1aa82541-5365x4146.jpg?w=1200)
Ivan Forde
Bioluminescence,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/e05f1a8ddb903a3004a1cfab233320bf1edfb0a6-4187x5419.jpg?w=1200)
Ivan Forde
The Eternal Sea,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/144ebeadc7bac4d62e4592f094f1fb5cb4b8133b-2539x3808.jpg?w=1200)
Jordan Strafer
SOOEY,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/7c4bc13bc72023bd80bd540fcd802c9c5a241c8c-1937x2500.jpg?w=1200)
Harley Weir
Davidoff cool water,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/572825482cd50d1bf09f98eff102c03a13162bc6-1843x2500.jpg?w=1200)
Harley Weir
Anything but,
2020
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/2777612e3d5eb2ddd49368ca0037ba101ef2776a-6206x4414.jpg?w=1200)
Brandon Ndife
423 2nd Ave.,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/d7c512ff7e6637a85f827a01c521a85a4246ab16-5326x4261.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Sylvester James,
2019
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/74f730175c1186af620e637bae7555a1786f0a60-3914x4892.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Brad Davis,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/ca01dd92e9db56e807e659d361747e1b95eb3737-5513x4410.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Three Crucifixes,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/20758e8f4d69aae31ba627fbb84a4700f4f1524b-5495x4246.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/75b393cf1ab6ae7b40a2bc43d75a274c4c4783fd-5690x4397.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
John Holder, John Hoover, Jackie Curtis, Divine,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/e066ba21cdb9c7b790188c90f1dd7e74eb3469d8-5510x4408.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Cemetery Entry,
2020
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/76e650c16ddd3273e1127b57d27b7e263f7fa86d-5513x4410.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Jack Kevorkian, M.D.,
2020
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/44ff29d35ca9f1f5f98678957c77079c7a8334f5-4272x5528.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Crucifix (Eyes),
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/0488b2e55768a91f62b233f02708380ab5373d74-4285x4878.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Jayne Mansfield,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/fba5f1384ecf63d68d054a709c979acfde2525d2-5365x4292.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Walter L. JR. Cronkite,
2019
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/2bde385e4950ebada6f19ea986b59975065dee4d-5330x4264.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Irwin Allen Ginsberg,
2019
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/cc92e832d6cb9b3a43fca08a1fb82cbee72ce637-4326x5598.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Joe Dimaggio x Marilyn Monroe,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/5bce23a701d0e74c2ea19c9fdba7c458b66b87a9-4019x5201.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Stars,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/b9d9dee28738c0576b0bd450991dea83c91081e1-4106x5313.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Aaliyah,
2023
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/34ac564fde10792fcbc7f7e2db41e9ef40964780-5288x4230.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Evelyn Gentry Hooker,
2020
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/d1095ccd16582247b8c0068ca014051161233404-5439x4351.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Florence Giulia Chapman,
2019
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/7c10fce312e509b6a227a94ec62df591b1df03c5-5385x4308.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
Nathanael W. West,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/6a7a8bfe2ccd7db2e6f405961dd8b4eff2df2eb3-4116x5327.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
It's Fun To Be Dead (Purple),
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/70f9d76c923b598bdc40b301ce377b958f91ef9a-4379x5667.jpg?w=1200)
Scott Covert
It's Fun To Be Dead (Pink),
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/491a248bef980964ed917f782d587d7cf0f79399-4361x5704.jpg?w=1200)
Ian Faden
Marked,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/967c2453432193c92cbdb9e39bd9f4e2323cf867-4443x3562.jpg?w=1200)
Łukasz Stokłosa
Musei Capitolini,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/f3c0973f4c82d0a2065266228267ed88568c9cf4-4450x3531.jpg?w=1200)
Łukasz Stokłosa
Napoli,
2022
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/44da4224f67b2ba52278de7f6e60d30afe94f2f8-3633x2894.jpg?w=1200)
Łukasz Stokłosa
Villa Pignatelli,
2019
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/42ec7687d532c841e2aeab4e288f8f36cdfd0f29-3452x2582.jpg?w=1200)
Łukasz Stokłosa
untitled,
2019
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/5c95900037e797071cbf4eede0e07f4f100e2bd3-4659x3496.jpg?w=1200)
Łukasz Stokłosa
untitled,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/84046d40810285a1303ec3c6d28c8c8b93d22bce-1512x2016.jpg?w=1200)
Ian Faden
About Face,
2021
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/t26bgxe5/production/64fbc5d97cf22bf337327148a10797177625102a-5559x4088.jpg?w=1200)
Anna Park
It's The Real Thing,
2023