Kathleen Ryan, Satellite in Repose (detail), 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
Kathleen Ryan, Satellite in Repose (detail), 2018. Courtesy of the artist.
For this informal tour of Part 1 of Palomar, Karsten Lund, Senior Curator at the Renaissance Society, talks about some of the show’s underlying ideas and observations, reflects on various works, and welcomes conversation along the way.
Palomar is a group exhibition about watching the sky, something that appears deceptively simple at first. Featuring twenty-nine artists, it unfolds in two parts, each five weeks long. Some works remain in place while others come and go, the show becoming an encounter in time, or a double exposure. Part 1 introduces certain celestial rhythms and cycles, while thinking about astronomy and other forms of observation in everyday life. It also begins to draw out experiences of time, as it is marked, measured, and perceived. Gradually, the familiar act of looking up spills over into a sense of life that is more layered and complex.
