ANGRY WATER, PRETTY FUNNY

BOBO, Joey Frank and Daniel Kent, Alyssa McClenaghan, Nick Payne and Rachel Rossin

July 12th - August 24th

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.