Caniveau Grove
Solo Exhibition at VUNU gallery, Košice, Slovakia
Curated by Christina Gigliotti
The show includes a collaborative piece with artist Johann Besse
26.05.2021 – 30.07.2021
Caniveau Grove
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Mud Bird (1 & 2), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint, white wine 76 x 80 x 108 cm & 50 x 45 x 60 cm
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint, white wine 76 x 80 x 108 cm & 50 x 45 x 60 cm
Mud Bird (1), 2020
detail
detail
Claude Eigan and Johann Besse
Caniveau Grove, 2020
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin 620 x 320 cm
Claude Eigan
Mud Bird (3 & 4), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint 75 x 65 x 90 cm & 70 x 65 x 80 cm
Caniveau Grove, 2020
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin 620 x 320 cm
Claude Eigan
Mud Bird (3 & 4), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint 75 x 65 x 90 cm & 70 x 65 x 80 cm
Claude Eigan and Johann Besse
Caniveau Grove, 2020
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin 620 x 320 cm
Claude Eigan
Mud Bird (3), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint 75 x 65 x 90 cm
Caniveau Grove, 2020
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin 620 x 320 cm
Claude Eigan
Mud Bird (3), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint 75 x 65 x 90 cm
Claude Eigan and Johann Besse
Caniveau Grove, 2020
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin 620 x 320 cm
Claude Eigan
Mud Bird (3), 2020
detail
Caniveau Grove, 2020
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin 620 x 320 cm
Claude Eigan
Mud Bird (3), 2020
detail
Supper Host, 2020
Glazed ceramic, copper, metal, white wine, various dimensions
Glazed ceramic, copper, metal, white wine, various dimensions
Supper Host, 2020
Glazed ceramic, copper, metal, white wine, various dimensions
Glazed ceramic, copper, metal, white wine, various dimensions
Mud Bird (2), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint, 50 x 45 x 60 cm
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint, 50 x 45 x 60 cm
Mud Bird (1), 2020
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint, white wine, 76 x 80 x 108 cm
Styrofoam, metal, resin, plaster, paint, white wine, 76 x 80 x 108 cm
Mud Bird (1), 2020
detail
detail
Claude Eigan and Johann Besse
Caniveau Grove, 2020 (Detail)
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin, 620 x 320 cm
Caniveau Grove, 2020 (Detail)
Digital print on mesh tarpaulin, 620 x 320 cm
Caniveau Grove
curated by Christina Gigliotti
About four-hundred million years ago, the evolutionary branch that carried both insects and other life-forms, including those that would eventually evolve into humans, split apart. This division, propelled by and made greater with time, has led us to become exceedingly genetically distant to our tiny, buzzing counterparts. That said, the parasitical tendencies found in a variety of insect relations, permeates by-and-large through human society on both micro (personal) and macro (entire populations) levels. What kind of colony is this?Claude Eigan’s Caniveau Grove imagines the many faces of parasitism as a lush, volatile environment where an array of hybrid life-forms scavenge, bite, and adapt their ways to survive. Nestled in this speculative habitat, fluid overflows out from engorged ticks, resting after a big feed. A tang wafts throughout, sweet and appealing. Spindly-legged animals, perhaps descendants of those imagined by the late painter Zdzisław Beksiński, comb the bottom for a drop of nectar and invite us in to join the feast.
Text by Christina Gigliotti, 2021
All pictures copyright Tibor Czito
curated by Christina Gigliotti
About four-hundred million years ago, the evolutionary branch that carried both insects and other life-forms, including those that would eventually evolve into humans, split apart. This division, propelled by and made greater with time, has led us to become exceedingly genetically distant to our tiny, buzzing counterparts. That said, the parasitical tendencies found in a variety of insect relations, permeates by-and-large through human society on both micro (personal) and macro (entire populations) levels. What kind of colony is this?Claude Eigan’s Caniveau Grove imagines the many faces of parasitism as a lush, volatile environment where an array of hybrid life-forms scavenge, bite, and adapt their ways to survive. Nestled in this speculative habitat, fluid overflows out from engorged ticks, resting after a big feed. A tang wafts throughout, sweet and appealing. Spindly-legged animals, perhaps descendants of those imagined by the late painter Zdzisław Beksiński, comb the bottom for a drop of nectar and invite us in to join the feast.
Text by Christina Gigliotti, 2021
All pictures copyright Tibor Czito