Here, Still

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville

September 24 - October 29

Here, Still

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 24, 6 - 9pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 17, 3pm

The Swan Coach House Gallery is pleased to present Here, Still, an exhibition featuring works by Kiley Brandt, Zen Cohen, Adam Eddy, Rebecca Forstater, Kevin Kao, Hirona Matsuda, Ashley Rabanal, Alex Schechter, Katherine Van Drie, and Michael Webster. The exhibition opens this Thursday, September 24 from 6 - 9 pm and will be on view through October 29. Here, Still  is curated and organized by TSA members Adam Eddy, Hirona Matsuda, and Kevin Kao.
 
The still life, historically, is an art form devoted to the careful arrangement of objects - often everyday, domestic, or symbolic - captured in moments of quiet observation and reflection. Here, Still asks how this humble genre remains an exploration of presence, an opportunity for reflection, and a meditation on futures both corporeal and virtual. 

Here, Still brings together artists from Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville to explore the quiet power of presence through careful looking. Throughlines of materiality, temporality, and symbolism emerge which connect each member to the regional South. Drawing on a dual interpretation of “still life” - both as an art historical genre and a meditation on what endures - the exhibition considers how artists document, reshape, and reimagine spaces they inhabit.

In a region and time defined by contradiction - rapid development and deep-rooted tradition; cultural erasure and personal inheritance; attention economies and quiet reflection - the act of staying put, of noticing, of making with care becomes both aesthetic and political. The works in this exhibition reflect a range of practices: from careful object arrangements to meditative mark-making, site-responsive sculptures to intimate digital realities. Together, we ask: What remains? What rests? What resists motion - and why?

Tiger Strikes Asteroid is a non-profit network of independently programmed, artist-run exhibition spaces with locations in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Greenville, SC. Our goal is to collectively bring people together, expand connections and create community through artist-initiated exhibitions, projects, and curatorial opportunities. We seek to build an ethos of cooperative achievement in the visual arts, creating the physical and emotional space for artists to show their work and exchange ideas on their own terms. Our artist-run model expands the artist’s role beyond that of studio practitioner to include the roles of curator, critic, and community developer and provides an alternate model to the conventions of the current commercial art market.

This exhibition is sponsored by Robin Howell, Mary Johnson, Lorri McClain, and Betsy West.