'Syllogy' @ Veronica [SEATTLE/NYC]

Curated by manuel arturo abreu
July 22 – September 16, 2017
Opening reception: Saturday, July 22, 6 – 8pm
Reading by manuel arturo abreu at 7pm

Veronica presents Syllogy – a group show curated by manuel arturo abreu with new works by Aria Dean, Winslow Laroche, Adriana Ramic, and manuel arturo abreu.

Our love’s a complex vintage wine
All rotted leaves and lemon rind
I’d spit you out but now you’re mine

We bit the fruit, it seemed a lie
I’ll never know which way was right
Now side by side we face the night

And I love you
And I love you

We walked the pier and back again
It was the most scared I’ve ever been
You held my hand until the end
And I love you
And I love you

Don’t tell me we’ve got time
The subtle thief of life
It slips away when we pay no mind

We pulled the weeds out til the dawn
Nearly too tired to carry on
Someday we’ll linger in the sun

And I love you
And I love you

(Lyrics by Gaelynn Lea, violinscratches.com)

Aria Dean (b. 1993) is an artist, curator, and writer based in Los Angeles. She graduated from Oberlin College in 2015 where she co-founded and directed Storage, a gallery and performance space. She is currently the assistant curator of net art at Rhizome. She has shown at Arcadia Missa (London), AA|LA Gallery (LA), As It Stands (LA), 67 Ludlow (NYC), Club Pro (LA), et al. She has been published in Artforum, The New Inquiry, Topical Cream
Magazine, contemptorary, Real Life Mag, and elsewhere.

Winslow Laroche (b. 1989) is an artist from planet Earth.

Adriana Ramić (b. 1989) lives and works in NYC. She has shown at Weekends (Paris), Witte de With (Rotterdam), LUMA Westbau (Zürich), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), the Kunstpalais (Erlangen, Germany), A plus A Gallery (Venice), Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), and elsewhere. She was the artist in residence May – June 2016 at Rupert (Vilnius, Lithuania) and has spoken at the Interactive Design Center at Yale University and the University of the Arts Helsinki.

manuel arturo abreu (b. 1991) is a poet and artist from the Bronx. Currently living and working out of a garage in southeast Portland, they received their BA in Linguistics from Reed College in 2014. They have shown at PNCA Gallery 157 (Portland), AA|LA Gallery (LA), As It Stands (LA), INCA (Seattle), Compliance Division (Portland), et al. They have been published in Rhizome, SFMoMA Open Space, The New Inquiry, Apogee Journal, The Offing,
AQNB, and elsewhere. They co-facilitate home school, a free pop-up art school in Portland with support from a 2016 Precipice Fund grant, and a 2017 Regional Arts and Culture Council grant.

Syllogy is supported in part by Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture.

More information is available on our website:
veronica@businessnormal.com

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I. -- III. Installation view
IV. manuel arturo abreu
V. Aria Dean
VI. -- VII. Winslow Laroche
VIII. manuel arturo abreu