Jesse Darling’s presentation for Art Basel Miami Beach revolves around the Greek myth of Tiresias: among other things the origin story of the Rod of Asclepius (the two-serpent staff currently used to signify medicine and healthcare), as well as an early written historical account of transgender experience. Reading Tiresias through Freudian theory, the Derridean pharmakon and the great Italian folktale known as Dante's inferno, Darling recontextualizes this myth by breaking the signifier out of its form into multiple visceral accounts. Through drawings, sculptures, and copperplate etchings, new and otherworldly renditions of Tiresias take form for a more contemporary interpretation to emerge.
Nov 27 – Dec 6, 2022
Jesse Darling
Tiresias Suite (demons 2), 2022
Bois, aluminium, crayon de couleur sur papier, pâte à modeler, peinture acrylique, ruban de cuivre, ruban, sparadrap
Wood, aluminium, colored pencil on paper, moulding clay, acrylic paint, copper tape, ribbon, band-aid
43 x 23 x 9 cm --- 17 x 9 x 3 1/2 in
Jesse Darling
Tiresias Suite (demons 1), 2022
Bois, aluminium, peinture acrylique, peinture Ă l'huile, ruban de cuivre, jute
Wood, aluminium, acrylic paint, oil paint, copper tape, jute
43.5 x 24 x 9 cm ----- 17 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
Jesse Darling
Dessin III, 2022
Framed drawing / Dessin encadré : 50 x 65 cm
19 3/4 x 25 1/2 in
Cadre / Frame : 58 x 73 cm
22 3/4 x 28 2/3 in
Jesse Darling
VVHAT ME VVORRY/ non nuntius interficere, Tiresias Suite IV , 2022
Crayon de couleur, stylo à peinture et vinyle découpé à la main sur papier Colored pencil, paint pen and hand-cut vinyl on paper
50 x 65 cm. -----19 3/4 x 25 1/2 in
Cadre / Frame : 58 x 73 cm ----22 3/4 x 28 2/3 in
Jesse Darling
SANS CESSE, 2022
Vinaigre, crayon de couleur, aquarelle et acrylique sur cuivre
Vinegar, coloured pencil, watercolour and acrylic on copper
40 x 30 cm
15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
Jesse Darling
Liberty Torch 1 (Ace of Wands Series), 2016 / 2022
Jesmonite, pigment, plastique, laiton, polystyrène
Jesmonite, pigment, plastic, brass, styrofoam
Hauteur / Height : 35.56 cm / 14 in