Zora Mann. Nectar Hive

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Seen through a fly-on-the-wall perspective on the artist’s own life, Mann’s forthcoming exhibition at the gallery expands on her world-building capabilities by taking inspiration from the geometry found in nature.

Deeply personal, yet distorted through the gaze of compounding, kaleidoscopic prisms, Mann’s rich imagery pollinates the mind with subconscious impressions. Resting on a cellular membrane with the soft sheen of oil and acrylic paints but the transparency of watercolor, her canvases become both the setting and an emotional roadmap for the viewers to navigate. Among the paintings, a swarm of biomorphic ceramics hang from the ceiling to tangibly represent the physical and cerebral manifestations of emotions. Fixating on the interconnectedness of nature and its intuitive knowledge, Mann’s exhibition uses color, pattern and visual likeness to point towards both human and nonhuman collectivity.