Aliyah Cydonia: Axiomatic Womb to the Proverbial Tomb

December 14 - February 07,2025

From Tureen: "Tureen is thrilled to announce Axiomatic Womb to the Proverbial Tomb, a solo exhibition of recent works by Dallas-based artist Aliyah Cydonia. The exhibition explores the corporal body, lifetimes and the entropic memory of an east bound woman. Please join us for the opening reception Dec 14, 6-8 PM A: where is the wind bound to ? C: well of course isnt that what we all try to configure? All of us all got the humor. A: im aware that we began toward tompkins and then we rerouted to head west what happen C: she helped me in the moment where i couldn't find it within so im headed west now. Though it left me at the corner i'm still trying to remember the moment so i can pull from it. to witness and endure. A: does she represent the east bound wind C: A: is the wind a real—----- C: the witnessing and the enduring is. A: when por''''''''traying the human form wh----y do you se--e it refe////rencing or pay//////ing tribute to ancestral history? C: Do you? to witness and endure. A: do you really want to be a fly on the wall through their moments and see myself in them? C: Well of course isn't that what we all try and configure? All of us all got the humor. to witness and endure. A: The body is a stand in or– is it a stand in? C: i like that phrase but, maybe, who knows fr. give me about 10 years to get back to you on that one. A: For a while i was thinking of the bodies as a life lived, exploration of the corporeal nature of our body in relation to the experiences and the entropic memories —--- but to witness and endure but it doesnt seem to work like that. C: is that so. A: The east bound woman helped conjure more ideas. The word ‘corporeal’ alone. The northbound wind took part. Looking at artists' work. And finding words that i liked. C: This whole process seems like it has been a self clock ?? i dont know how to word it the repetitiveness and obsessive nature. Is that true? A: Where does the repetition began to be C: a emanation of my lack of A: A hunt for control. C: Yes but I already explain this. A: but does she represent the east bound we=ind C: A: and the title? C: from Richard Powell’s book Black Art: A Cultural history.   Where we find glimpses of our great grandmother's hum. Seen through the eyes of our mother as she lies on an outside daybed joining in on the humming and the cicadas singing"

Reception: December 14, 2024 | 6-8 pm

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