Pullulate
Presented by Harbourfront Centre at Harbourfront Centre, TorontoSeptember 13 - December 29
Long before the series The Last of Us premiered on HBO, Jess Riva Cooper’s work was already pulsating with parasitic plants blooming from orifices and body parts. Her use of lush flora decoration and juicy glazes is compelling and repelling, revealing a darker narrative that sends shivers up your spine.
With an affection for the strange and mysterious and a love for growing things, she came to understand that Mother Nature may be a beautiful goddess, but not a benign one – she also...
Long before the series The Last of Us premiered on HBO, Jess Riva Cooper’s work was already pulsating with parasitic plants blooming from orifices and body parts. Her use of lush flora decoration and juicy glazes is compelling and repelling, revealing a darker narrative that sends shivers up your spine.
With an affection for the strange and mysterious and a love for growing things, she came to understand that Mother Nature may be a beautiful goddess, but not a benign one – she also possesses a volatile and creepy side.
Cooper’s platters are mashups of ceramic tropes (florals and figurines) and styles ranging from pre-Renaissance to Victorian. She’s cultivating her own genteel, little-shop-of-horrors, and her work is a commentary on humans’ relationships with nature, much of it oppositional. As humans continue to put pressure on the planet, Cooper finds it chilling and satisfying to speculate what nature’s revenge will look like when it’s unleashed upon those perpetrators – the ones responsible for the climate crisis and environmental degradation.
Curated by Melanie Egan.
Dates & times
Sat, Oct 19 @ 10:00 am Sun, Oct 20 @ 10:00 am Wed, Oct 23 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Oct 25 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Oct 26 @ 10:00 am Sun, Oct 27 @ 10:00 am Wed, Oct 30 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Oct 31 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 01 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 02 @ 10:00 am Sun, Nov 03 @ 10:00 am Wed, Nov 06 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 07 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 08 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 09 @ 10:00 am Sun, Nov 10 @ 10:00 am Wed, Nov 13 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 14 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 15 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 16 @ 10:00 am Sun, Nov 17 @ 10:00 am Wed, Nov 20 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 21 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 23 @ 10:00 am Sun, Nov 24 @ 10:00 am Wed, Nov 27 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Nov 28 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Nov 29 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Nov 30 @ 10:00 am Sun, Dec 01 @ 10:00 am Wed, Dec 04 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 05 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 06 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 07 @ 10:00 am Sun, Dec 08 @ 10:00 am Wed, Dec 11 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 12 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 14 @ 10:00 am Sun, Dec 15 @ 10:00 am Wed, Dec 18 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 19 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 20 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 21 @ 10:00 am Sun, Dec 22 @ 10:00 am Wed, Dec 25 @ 12:00 pm Thu, Dec 26 @ 12:00 pm Fri, Dec 27 @ 12:00 pm Sat, Dec 28 @ 10:00 am Sun, Dec 29 @ 10:00 am - Less dates
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