"Precious Okoyomon found all three in a rare place: behind the controls of a propeller plane, thousands of metres above ground. "Not everyone wants to be in a Cessna 120 feeling the vibration of every little thing that's happening, but for me, it really resets my nervous system," they told The Art Newspaper in early December, adding with mischief in their voice: "I like extremes, so I don't mind things that can kill me.""
"But it is the show's three dioramas that directly invoke the artist's experience as a recreational pilot. Painted in oils on glass panes and mounted in light boxes, the scenes depict a burning pastoral world populated by an anthropomorphic sun, flowers and more bears. They combine some of the core themes-our industrially poisoned ecology, the natural world's resilience and the dire consequences for humanity-that underpinned Okoyomon's installations at the 2022 Venice Biennale, a 2025 solo show at Austria's Kunsthaus Bregenz and elsewhere."
Precious Okoyomon finds peace, safety and perspective flying a propeller plane, enjoying its vibrations and extremes. The exhibition It's important to have ur fangs out at the end of the world (until 17 January) is their first with Mendes Wood DM in Paris. The show includes manga-inflected bear sculptures, artist-designed wallpaper and a new fable underpinned by poetry. Three oil-on-glass dioramas mounted in light boxes depict a burning pastoral world with an anthropomorphic sun, flowers and bears, combining themes of industrial ecological poisoning, natural resilience and dire consequences for humanity. Sky-study photographs taken while flying informed the works.
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