A work never feels truly finished.
A Thousand Good Mornings presents two paintings by Nour El Saleh and two sculptural
works by Benjamin Orlow. Compositions not obviously related but distributed in space and
revealing one common feature: holes. Hung on the walls and laying on the floor are sets of visual
documentations. A nose-line, a mandible protruding, the shape of a throat. A multitude of
fingers insinuating an uncanny gesture.
A gaze – a sense of belonging. Hollows, body parts, roofs, and disparate architectures. Each
reference acting as a mirror of the other. Leading us into an unexpected set of correspondences.
A greasy thick hair whorl.
Figures, made of clay, wood, bronze and paint engender sculptural prototypes within fictional
homes. Weirdly familiar – universally recognisable.