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Simryn Gill

SIMRYN GILL

Fall then 1301PE 16 January–16 March 2024 Los Angeles
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1301PE is thrilled to announce our debut exhibition with preeminent Australia-based Malaysian artist Simryn Gill, Fall then. The exhibition will feature two new bodies of work, Repeating Chasms and Fall then, made in Port Dickson, Malaysia.

In her series of photographs Repeating Chasms, gazing out to the Strait of Malacca, Gill communicates both personal remembrance of a specific place and the effects of global industry on her home. The photographs act not just as historical documentation or personal recollection but reposition the idea of what photography can be; memory is reshaped and retold in the present, directing photography’s compass towards myth making rather than truth-telling. These works are exhibited with Fall then, a large series of one-to-one scale direct impression ink rubbings of flora found in Malaysia. Gill’s inclusion of Petai Cina ‘local’ Lead trees native to Mexico, Tapiocas native to Malaysia and Lalang grasses both native and invasive in Malaysia envelop the viewer in life-like botanical images leaving us unsure of what is ‘native’. The pairing of these works is a stark reminder of the permanent consequences of colonialism and the everlasting effects of humanity’s actions upon our environment.

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About the Artist

Simryn Gill’s (b.1959, Singapore. Lives and works in Port Dickson and Sydney) methods include photography, drawing, sculpture, making collections; and writing and publishing. The materials and process she works with are often simple: used, or discarded everyday things, plants and texts, which might be pressed, printed, glued, scanned, torn, to make works that meditate on habitation—our place inside and outside places—in history, in geography and in language.

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Founded by Brian Butler in 1992, 1301PE is a contemporary art gallery exhibiting significant Los Angeles based artists as well as internationally established and acclaimed artists. The gallery is known for its exhibition of significant work across mediums. Founded on the principle of promoting Los Angeles artists worldwide, the gallery has been located at its current location in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles since 1998.

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1301PE contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles United States
1301PE
6150 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
+1 323 938 5822
http://www.1301PE.com

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11am – 6pm
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