Installation view
Sharif Farrag, Catching goldfish, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Bodach spiral with keychains, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Split face jar, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Split face jar, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Split face jar, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Garden jar (donut), 2019
Installation view
Sharif Farrag, Bodach and Idea bats, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Etiwanda cavern, 2019
Installation view
Sharif Farrag, Catching idea bats, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Big arm jar with railing, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Climber, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Untitled, 2019
Sharif Farrag, A scented present, 2019
Installation view
Sharif Farrag, Puddle, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Melancholy piano, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Blue hand jar with railing, 2019
Sharif Farrag, It’s always hot on my side of town, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Tonsal jar, 2019
Sharif Farrag, Garden jar (squideater), 2019
The TV is telling me things.
In a room full of people and all the shadows are demons.
SNOOZE
Bodach is the shadow I drew.
It’s a friend, but..
SNOOZE
Peeking out my window, sitting on my bed with idea bats...
can I just continue to dig this hole?
SNOOZE
That was kinda fast… but I think you can kinda feel it.
Snooze brings together a collection of over two dozen of Farrag’s recent ceramic works. Flowers and phalluses ooze and undulate from the an assortment of vessels, figurative sculptures, and glazed paintings. On first glance, Farrag’s work is innocent and uplifting. The stoneware is thrown together with a determined sloppiness that underpins the artist’s playful attitude. But the more time you spend in this garden, the more its darkness is revealed. Bodach, a squatted devilish trickster, lurks in the corner of the gallery and glares out over the space. It’s always hot on my side of town, a speckled sun that shares Bodach’s menacing grin, is perched high above the rest of the exhibition and casts its own freakish gaze over the work. These two pieces, much like the rest of the work in Snooze, find a sweet spot where manic meets whimsy.
