Rhea Dillon
We looked for eyes creased with concern, but saw only veils
April 26, 2023 – June 10, 2023
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Rhea Dillon
Incomprehensible Sex Coming To Its Dreaded Fruition; nothing remains but Pecola & the Unyielding Earth
2023
Sapele mahogany and marigold seeds
8 5/8 x 15 x 5 7/8 in
22 x 38 x 15 cm
Rhea Dillon, Incomprehensible Sex Coming To Its Dreaded Fruition; nothing remains but Pecola & the Unyielding Earth, 2023
(detail)
Rhea Dillon, All of our waste which we dumped on her and which she absorbed., 2023
Mary Jane candy and glass
2 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in
6.8 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm
Rhea Dillon, All of our waste which we dumped on her and which she absorbed., 2023
Rhea Dillon, She was washing dishes. Her small back hunched over the sink—a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach., 2023
Brass and polyester
8 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 in
21 x 9 x 12.5 cm
Rhea Dillon, She was washing dishes. Her small back hunched over the sink—a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach., 2023
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
Anti-climb paint, paper and sapele mahogany
35 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 2 3/8 in
91 x 91 x 6 cm
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
(detail)
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
Anti-climb paint, paper and sapele mahogany
35 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 2 3/8 in
91 x 91 x 6 cm
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
(detail)
Rhea Dillon, Whims, Yearnings and Antipathies, 2023
Collated woods, brass and nail
1 3/8 x 36 x 1 3/4 in
3.5 x 91.5 x 4.5 cm
Rhea Dillon, Whims, Yearnings and Antipathies, 2023
Rhea Dillon, Whims, Yearnings and Antipathies, 2023
(detail)
Rhea Dillon, full from the silver screen: There the flawed became whole (Then the screen would light up, and I’d move right on in them pictures), 2023
Steel
51 x 103 in
129.5 x 261.6 cm
Rhea Dillon, full from the silver screen: There the flawed became whole (Then the screen would light up, and I’d move right on in them pictures), 2023
Rhea Dillon, full from the silver screen: There the flawed became whole (Then the screen would light up, and I’d move right on in them pictures), 2023
(detail)
Rhea Dillon, (now these here women you don’t have any _______ with. They deliver _____ ____ and with no ____.) Just like horses., 2023
Oil on canvas
15 3/4 x 55 1/8 in
40 x 140 cm
Rhea Dillon, (now these here women you don’t have any _______ with. They deliver _____ ____ and with no ____.) Just like horses., 2023
(detail)
Rhea Dillon, My whole dress was messed with purple, and it never did wash out. Not the dress nor me. I could feel that purple deep inside me., 2023
Deadstock paper, rope and metal
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 3/4 in
50 x 40 x 2 cm
Rhea Dillon, My whole dress was messed with purple, and it never did wash out. Not the dress nor me. I could feel that purple deep inside me., 2023
Photography by Joanna Wilk.