EMILY WISE
HANDS THAT HOLD THE MELTING ROPE
JULY 7 - AUGUST 5, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, JULY 7th, 2023
5-8 PM
ON VIEW
JULY 7 - AUGUST 5, 2023
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PRESS
Opening Night Photos
Chefas Projects is delighted to introduce Portland-based painter Emily Wise in Gallery 2 this month with a new collection of paintings: Hands that Hold the Melting Rope. Inspired by myth-making and relationships women build with themselves and other women, Wise invites the viewer into a heavenly world of organized chaos. Each piece explodes with dizzying layers of detail and weaves a surreal, overarching narrative as it follows two central figures on a journey through otherworldly terrain.
"On a night drive to 7-11 to get snacks, a group of women in a '99 Toyota Corolla unwittingly cross an invisible boundary," Wise explains. "That very night, the veil between worlds had thinned just long enough to rocket their bodies into some kind of 'heaven' not unlike this world. Marooned in this new existence with no ability or desire to go back, they begin to wonder if this place has always been there, waiting for them, within each other."
The opening reception for Hands That Hold the Melting Rope will be held at Chefas Projects on Friday, July 7th from 5-8pm. Chefas Projects is located in Portland, Oregon at 134 SE Taylor Street on the first floor of the Taylor Works building. The exhibition will be on view through August 5, 2023 and is free and open to the public.
INSTALLATION IMAGES
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Photo credit: Mario Gallucci