ANGRY WATER, PRETTY FUNNY
BOBO, Joey Frank & Daniel Kent, Alyssa McClenaghan, Nick Payne, and Rachel Rossin July 12th - August 24th
View through the picture window of Angry Water, Pretty Funny
Nick Payne, Pregnancy Pacifier, 2025, Oil pastel on paper, 18 x 24 in
Nick Payne, Baby Bottle Family, 2025, Oil pastel on paper, 24 x18 in
BOBO Angry Water, 2020 Multimedia, water 200 x 81 x 23 in
Detail of Angry Water, BOBO
Detail of Angry Water, BOBO
Installation view featuring "Cry Heart (Peak Performance)" and "Use a Fiberglass Boat" by Rachel Rossin
Alyssa McClenaghan, Who Will Carry You.. With Everything You Hold, 2025, Foam insulation, joint compound, acrylic exterior house paint, pastel, plywood 60 x 32 ¾ x 5 ½ in
Installation view of Angry Water, Pretty Funny
Installation view featuring "Our Glass (Sand Game)" by Joey Frank and Daniel Kent
Nick Payne Awkward Bathroom, 2025 Oil pastel on paper 18 x24 in
Alyssa McClenaghan, I Think Becoming a Vessel Will Make Me Whole, 2025, foam insulation, joint compound, acrylic exterior house paint, pastels, plywood, 53 ½ x 46 ½ x 3 ½ in
Installation view of Angry Water, Pretty Funny
Installation view of Angry Water, Pretty Funny
Rachel Rossin, Alligators, Age 5., 2023, Oil stick, charcoal, acrylic oil and UV ink on canvas, 44 x 36 x 1 ½ in
Nick Payne, Stubborn Clogs, 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 24 x 18 in
ANGRY WATER, PRETTY FUNNY
JULY 12th- AUG 24 th, 2025
BOBO
Joey Frank and Daniel Kent
Alyssa McClenaghan
Nick Payne
Rachel Rossin
OPENING RECEPTION
JULY 12th 4-7pm
It is said that more than half of the human body is composed of water. Within our proteins and fleshy outcroppings, water is the essential ingredient to our physicality. Roundabouts Now is thrilled to present our third exhibition, “Angry Water, Pretty Funny” - a group exhibition of artworks that circle the drain of the human condition. To assume how water is feeling has been a misstep of humanity for time immemorial. This exhibition investigates the myriad ways in which the fluid that fills us might be operating - the daily maintenance of hydration, the ablutions one must perform to participate in society, and the tubular technologies used to facilitate the exchange between the water inside us and the greater watersphere. For this exhibition, we present a constellation of sculpture, mixed media, and paintings that allude to the possibilities of water in unexpected ways. These works explore the sometimes uneasy relations between inanimate elements of our domestic environs and the emotions we feel for them.
The eponymously titled multimedia installation, Angry Water, by artist collective BOBO forms the centerpiece of this exhibition. This interactive wall mounted flow chart generates a dialogue between two glasses of water. With a playful wink typical of the collective’s oeuvre, this work invites viewers to facilitate dialogue between inanimate objects using an arcane and inventive series of guided interactions. Rachel Rossin offers life sized free standing plexiglass sculptures, molded by the artist’s body, forming a translucent canvas that evokes the morphic qualities of water. Similarly, Alyssa McClenaghan’s sculptural works confront the relationship between the body and its liquid morphology head on, with human forms left to dry like saturated towels or merged with domestic objects. The surrealistic drawings of Nick Payne render a world in which human forms co-mingle with the built environment and world of objects. Payne’s drawings highlight our need for effective drainage. And finally, a new collaboration between noted polymaths Joey Frank and Daniel Kent will take the form of a custom designed interactive pool table conceived of as a method for filling the void.
Whether angry, funny or gorgeous, the glasses are full.