SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

Nina Hartmann
Sylvie Hayes-Wallace
Emma Kohlmann
Lyric Shen
Ang Ziqi Zhang
‘SL x RE (London)’
21 Jun – 27 Jul 2024

Silke Lindner and Rose Easton are delighted to announce SL × RE, a collaborative group exhibition across both galleries in New York and London. Rose Easton will show artists of Silke Lindner’s programme: Nina Hartmann, Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Emma Kohlmann, Lyric Shen and Ang Ziqi Zhang, while Silke Lindner will host five of Rose Easton’s gallery artists: Arlette, Eva Gold, Louis Morlæ, Amanda Moström and Tasneem Sarkez, in New York.

Nina Hartmann

Nina Hartmann’s multimedia practice operates at the nexus of painting and sculpture and investigates functions of belief systems, the fragility of information, and the history of the paranormal. Shaped panels of encaustic, resin sculptures and vinyl screens carry images collected through a research-based process that use a variety of sources including official government outlets, institutional archives and alternative sources of information. Through the use of AI and other methods of alteration, Hartmann manipulates the images she finds, questioning systems of power and hierarchies of information.

Sylvia Hayes-Wallace

Sylvie Hayes-Wallace collects, catalogs, archives and reorganizes. In her sculptural practice, she constructs an architecture of the self that pulls from personal references and belongings that include notes, receipts, labels, ephemera, floss, bank statements or privacy films among other materials. Often guided by the measurements of her own body, Cage (Winter) references the dimensions of the artist’s own head. Caged and confined, Hayes-Wallace takes inventory of the self, controlling chaos, and mirroring the precarious constructs of her interior world and exterior surroundings.

Emma Kohlmann

For the past decade, Emma Kohlmann has been primarily working in watercolor and painting, creating a distinct universe in which anthropomorphous figures, flora and fauna peacefully coexist in spiritual spheres. Visually informed by a variety of cultural references encompassing Greek and Roman mythology, modern painting history, folk art and DIY punk ephemera, her works manifest a cosmos free from hierarchies. Stylistically naive and folksy, the absence of perspectives and lack of relational scales translates the egalitarian belief system Kohlmann’s practice is rooted in. Considering not only human beings, but every living organism, a sense of togetherness and community is palpable throughout her work. In evocative color schemes, Kohlmann’s palettes transcend from nature’s elements to the spiritual, mirroring the unique spaces she creates at the intersection of the earthly and fantastical.

Lyric Shen

Working primarily in sculpture and tattoo, Lyric Shen’s practice involves a piercing awareness that covers skin and objects alike. Hand-built ceramics, metal and found objects hold images of past times, sharp yet unrefined. Through Shen’s chosen technique of water transfers shapes shift through offset boundaries and images distort like memory itself. Shen’s use of mediums combines ancient crafts like tattoo, handmade ceramic and metal work with highly industrialized techniques like plasma cutting, inkjet printing and everyday technologies like iPhone photos and videos. Crossing languages, regions and cultures in their various modes of making, Shen’s delicate sculptures show us the gentle beauty of transgression that takes shape only when in flux.

Ang Ziqi Zhang

Ang Ziqi Zhang’s small to midsize panels in soft hues and bold neons take shape within a push-pull relation that creates spaces between abstraction and subtle figuration, desire and control, rational and affect. Investigating semiotics of Eastern culture and Western Capitalist consumer society through a subjective lens of her own understanding and interests, the base structure of her paintings often develops by incorporating signs, symbols, diagrams and language. Other paintings originate in abstract thought, technology or visual references of everyday experiences that lay the foundation for her multi-layered paintings. Light and blissful, like strobe lights moving through a nightclub, the paintings draw parallels to Ziqi Zhang’s engagement in club culture and her affinity for techno and electronic music.

Nina Hartmann (b. 1990, Miami, FL, USA) lives and works in New York. She received an MFA from The Yale School of Art in Painting & Printmaking in 2023 and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013. She has had solo exhibitions at Silke Lindner, New York; Glasshouse Projects, Gathering, London, and Gern en Regalia, New York. Her work has been featured in various group exhibitions, among them Breaking up ice on a river at Margot Samel, New York (2024); A Signal Urgent But Breaking - Yale MFA Show at Perrotin New York (2023); rhi-zome at No Gallery, New York (2023); The American Friend at Tara Downs, New York (2022) and JUNK IS NO GOOD BABY at Silke Lindner (2022).

Sylvie Hayes-Wallace (b. 1994, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) lives and works in New York. She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. She has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Chapter NY, New York; In Extenso, Clermont-Ferrand, France; A.D. Gallery, New York; Bad Water, Knoxville; Interstate Projects, Brooklyn; and New Works, Chicago; among others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Chapter NY, New York; Simone Subal Gallery, New York; King’s Leap, New York; Annex de Odelon, Ridgewood; MX Gallery, New York; and Frontera 115, Mexico City; among others. Hayes-Wallace will have a solo exhibition at Silke Lindner, New York, opening September 2024.

Emma Kohlmann (b. 1989, The Bronx, NY, USA) lives and works in Western Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Hampshire College and has exhibited in the United States and internationally. Most recently she has had solo exhibitions at Silke Lindner, New York; Cooper Cole, Toronto; Jack Hanley Gallery, New York and V1, Copenhagen. She has been included in numerous group exhibitions including shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Tucson, AZ; Venus over Manhattan, New York, NY and Andrew Edlin, New York, NY. Her work is in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. She publishes her own zines, and frequently collaborates with artists, writers, musicians and designers. She co-founded and co-runs Mundus Press with her sister Charlotte Kohlmann.

Lyric Shen (b. Goleta, CA, USA, 1993) lives and works in New York. They received an MFA from Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Promise’s Room at Silke Lindner (2023), The Petal with Misa Cchan at Et al, San Francisco (2023) and Biscuit at Canada, New York (2022). They have been included in several group exhibitions, most recently in Reciprocity at Marinaro (New York); JUNK IS NO GOOD BABY, Silke Lindner (New York); Jupiter Finger at Harkawik (Los Angeles, CA); Terra Firma at Murmurs (Los Angeles, CA). Their work is in the permanent collections of the University of California and Santa Barbara Arts & Music Library. Their writing and work have been published in DIY editions such as All Sex Workers Go to Heaven and Elastic Anthology Vol. 1 with Other Weapons Distribution.

Ang Ziqi Zhang (b. 1994, Brampton, Canada) lives and works in New York. She received her MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale School of Art in 2023. She has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Silke Lindner, New York; Iowa Projects, Brooklyn; LVL3, Chicago, and Produce Model Gallery, Chicago. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Chapter NY, New York; Derosia, New York; Jan Kaps Gallery, Cologne, Germany; Apparatus Projects, Chicago; Good Weather Gallery, Chicago; Night Club Gallery, Minneapolis, among others. Ziqi Zhang will have her first institutional solo exhibition at Neuer Essener Kunstverein in Essen, Germany, in December 2024.

Photography by Jack Elliot Edwards

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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Nina Hartmann, Pink Networked Star (Mind Control / Psychokinesis Connection), 2024, UV print, pigmnet, resin, 61 x 45.2 x 2.5 cm (24 x 17 ¾ x 1 in)

Nina Hartmann, Pink Networked Star (Mind Control / Psychokinesis Connection), 2024, UV print, pigmnet, resin, 61 x 45.2 x 2.5 cm (24 x 17 ¾ x 1 in)

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Nina Hartmann, Pink Networked Star (Mind Control / Psychokinesis Connection), 2024 (alternative view)

Nina Hartmann, Pink Networked Star (Mind Control / Psychokinesis Connection), 2024 (alternative view)

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Nina Hartmann, Pink Networked Star (Mind Control / Psychokinesis Connection), 2024 (detail)

Nina Hartmann, Pink Networked Star (Mind Control / Psychokinesis Connection), 2024 (detail)

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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Lyric Shen, A Lotus is a Rose, 2024, Ink on porcelain, 17.8 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm (7 x 8 ¾ x 1 in)

Lyric Shen, A Lotus is a Rose, 2024, Ink on porcelain, 17.8 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm (7 x 8 ¾ x 1 in)

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Lyric Shen, A Lotus is a Rose, 2024 (alternative view)

Lyric Shen, A Lotus is a Rose, 2024 (alternative view)

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Lyric Shen, A Lotus is a Rose, 2024 (detail)

Lyric Shen, A Lotus is a Rose, 2024 (detail)

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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Ang Ziqi Zhang, Wheel Dub 01, 2024, Acrylic and graphite on panel, 61 x 121.9 cm (24 x 48 in)

Ang Ziqi Zhang, Wheel Dub 01, 2024, Acrylic and graphite on panel, 61 x 121.9 cm (24 x 48 in)

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Ang Ziqi Zhang, Wheel Dub 01, 2024 (alternative view)

Ang Ziqi Zhang, Wheel Dub 01, 2024 (alternative view)

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Ang Ziqi Zhang, Wheel Dub 01, 2024 (detail)

Ang Ziqi Zhang, Wheel Dub 01, 2024 (detail)

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Cage (Winter), 2023, Wire fencing, plastic sheeting, floss, paper, Beeswax, privacy film, notes, mini brads, envelopes, receipts, 2023 taxes, old t-shirt, perfume sample, serrated foil cutter, pad wrapper, acid-free tape, Jade glue, plastic wrappers; based on the dimensions of the artist’s head, 19.7 x 18.4 x 14.6 cm (7 ¾ x 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in)

Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Cage (Winter), 2023, Wire fencing, plastic sheeting, floss, paper, Beeswax, privacy film, notes, mini brads, envelopes, receipts, 2023 taxes, old t-shirt, perfume sample, serrated foil cutter, pad wrapper, acid-free tape, Jade glue, plastic wrappers; based on the dimensions of the artist’s head, 19.7 x 18.4 x 14.6 cm (7 ¾ x 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in)

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Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Cage (Winter), 2023 (alternative view)

Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Cage (Winter), 2023 (alternative view)

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Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Cage (Winter), 2023 (detail)

Sylvie Hayes-Wallace, Cage (Winter), 2023 (detail)

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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Lyric Shen, Untitled, 2022, Ink on ceramic, aluminum, 14 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm (5 ½ x 10 x 10 in)

Lyric Shen, Untitled, 2022, Ink on ceramic, aluminum, 14 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm (5 ½ x 10 x 10 in)

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Lyric Shen, Untitled, 2022 (alternative view)

Lyric Shen, Untitled, 2022 (alternative view)

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Lyric Shen, Untitled, 2022 (alternative view)

Lyric Shen, Untitled, 2022 (alternative view)

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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Emma Kohlmann, Janus, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

Emma Kohlmann, Janus, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

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Emma Kohlmann, Janus, 2024 (alternative view)

Emma Kohlmann, Janus, 2024 (alternative view)

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Emma Kohlmann, Janus, 2024 (detail)

Emma Kohlmann, Janus, 2024 (detail)

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Emma Kohlmann, Blades of Grass, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

Emma Kohlmann, Blades of Grass, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

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Emma Kohlmann, Blades of Grass, 2024 (alternative view)

Emma Kohlmann, Blades of Grass, 2024 (alternative view)

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Emma Kohlmann, Blades of Grass, 2024 (detail)

Emma Kohlmann, Blades of Grass, 2024 (detail)

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Emma Kohlmann, Lock, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

Emma Kohlmann, Lock, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

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Emma Kohlmann, Lock, 2024 (alternative view)

Emma Kohlmann, Lock, 2024 (alternative view)

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Emma Kohlmann, Lock, 2024 (detail)

Emma Kohlmann, Lock, 2024 (detail)

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Emma Kohlmann, Catch, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

Emma Kohlmann, Catch, 2024, Watercolor pigment and sumi ink on paper, 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)

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Emma Kohlmann, Catch, 2024 (alternative view)

Emma Kohlmann, Catch, 2024 (alternative view)

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Emma Kohlmann, Catch, 2024 (detail)

Emma Kohlmann, Catch, 2024 (detail)

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SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

SL × RE (London), Rose Easton, 21 June – 27 July 2024

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