The Green Gallery is thrilled to present Dominique Knowles at Esther, New York. Featured will be a suite of drawings that negotiate figure and atmosphere. The works are inviting and generous in their ability to articulate thoughtful, poetic mark making. We welcome you to visit the work in person April 30th - May 4th at the New York Estonian House.
Dominique Knowles’ work invites through the archetypal & moves beyond as an incredibly specific expression of interspecies companionship. At once a seemingly private language, its monumental character reveals that the work is generated from primordial knowledge. They garner strength from the formless, fluid movement of unbounded rhythm. His poetics are epic in scale, with an intimate cadence that ebbs & flows in sub-realities. There’s a symbiosis of confessional narrative & emotional lyric, acting as a soft ground for a central figure of luminously erotic queer desire.
Romantic longing nourishes an empathic absorption into a space pulsating with aliveness. The aesthetics consistent resonance of humane & animal grief is redemptive. Through alchemy, there’s hope for rebirth as its ochre atmosphere breathes prenatal warmth & a givenness for meditations on ancient sentience.
This open & untethered vision of inter-being is more than a pollyannaish dream of a beautiful ecology. The stakes of this cosmology are deep within solemn contemplation of what is nature, how does one maintain another’s quality of life & what capacity of being death doula allows for a way to die with dignity & grace.
Esther is a collaborative exhibition located in the historic New York Estonian House intended as a social space for international art and arts professionals.
For its inaugural edition, Esther will present projects by twenty-five galleries examining the complex and diverse experiences of today from across a wide scope of geographies. Throughout three floors of midtown's former Civic Club, the House’s wooden meeting rooms, grand halls, and bespoke clubrooms will be the stage for installations and a range of performances and events. The ground-level will play host to gatherings, music performances, and dinners throughout the exhibition’s run. Taking place during Frieze and NADA, New York Esther is a 10-15 minute drive from both art fairs. During these days, Esther will be an engaging social space accessible and open to all.
New York Estonian House
243 E 34th St
New York, NY
VIP Preview:
April 30, 11am - 6pm
Public days:
May 1 - 3, 11am - 6pm
May 4, 11:30am - 5pm