October 30 - November 28, 2021

even-toed ungulates

Nora Chellew and Jude Tallichet

opening reception: october 30, 5:30-8pm

Nora Chellew and Jude Tallichet present a collaborative exhibition of sculpture entitled ​even-toed ungulates​, an uncanny and fantastic viewing of disembodied beeswax forms. The sculptures, some limb and stomach-like, are accompanied by field-style sound recordings played on a loop. With ​even-toed ungulates​ the artists darkly reimagine animal bodies and sounds through the lens of a future anthropological wax museum.

This work by Tallichet and Chellew hypothesizes breeds of sapiens that may have existed before us, or hominins that could exist long after we are gone. Perhaps the sculptures tell of a botched immortalization of homo sapiens by our predecessors. The artists’ notion of a false fossil plays with our Western need for quantitative knowledge. The sculptures speak to the fine line that separates contemporary human beings from creatures who in the blink of an evolutionary mutation might share warped versions of our mammalian bodies.

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo,  The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Perlemeter Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.