Giulia Essyad at Cherish
Soloshow «Chocolate Factory», January 26 until March 1, 2020
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Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Cream & Butter, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Off-Colors, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Off-Colors, 2020» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
I chewed and changed for the bluest.- Giulia as Violet BeauregardeLeave my body [planet] or die in it.- Giulia as a Na’vi proverboften in meeting those so unaffected, largeryet in size we were not easyto fool, speaking in riddles unbeknownst weshould have known better, tart nothingsi write this in worry on backs of boxes wrappingtin deflections caught in the windit comes in wavesthe shipping dockssites of insurrection, i digress, wherewill we find ourselvesat the wits end of all thingswe knew and needed, were we notfed, scrunched down, factory town,only with such shed can we even begin but ponder,what is a mercy in such caste,blinded sepulcher marry me notto the night so artificial, we could have sworn,a case terminal, well one day we will, goddess willing, leave this place - Cherish
Giulia Essyad's Artistic Practice
Giulia Essyad is an artist, sculptor, poet, performer, born in Switzerland in 1992. Interested by the power of representation, she experiments with sculpture (ceramics, 3D printing, natural and industrial materials), video and writing, as well as with her own body during performances, live or recorded. Her artistic work has taken her into research and practices that belong to the Bodypositive movement. As a digital native born in a female body, Essyad’s practice concerns the representation of bodies, online and IRL, and engages with the varied forms of alienation that come with the consumption and production of body images.
Essyad’s work has been shown numerous times in group as well as solo exhibitions and she published several books including «Birthday» (Oraibi/Beckbooks) and «Poetry Archive» (Quark). In 2019 she launched “TOUCHING MYSELF”, a body-centered ceramic workshop at Théâtre de l’Usine, Geneva. She will present a new video commissioned by the Centre d’Art Contemporain for the Moving Image Biennale 2020 in Geneva as well as a new body of work at LOKAL-INT in Biel, Switzerland.
With the support of Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art and FPLCE.Cherish and the artist would like to specially thank Loren Kagny and Viktor Tibay.
Exhibition: CHOCOLATE FACTORY
The exhibition runs through March 1st open on Saturdays and by appointment
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Off-Colors, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Off-Colors, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Off-Colors, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Off-Colors, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Cream & Butter, 2020» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Cream & Butter, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Cream & Butter, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Cream & Butter, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Doll Parts, 2020» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Doll Parts, 2020 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Blue Period, 2019» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Blue Period, 2019 (detail)» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
Exhibition View Giulia Essyad Soloshow «Chocolate Factory; view on Welcome To The Chocolate Factory, 2020» at Cherish, Geneva, 2020 / Photo: James Bantone / Courtesy: the artist and Cherish
