I have six drawings in "Echoes of Voynich: Coded Systems in Contemporary Art," curated by Marcie Begleiter, which opens in Los Angeles’s Wönzimer Gallery on Friday, September 13 (and runs through October 18).
"The exhibit is part of the Getty Institute’s PST series, this year focusing on the theme of 'Art + Science Collide.' The accompanying 64-page catalog features an essay by the artist and scholar Johanna Drucker focusing on the Voynich Manuscript’s enduring fascination for artists, cryptographers, medievalists and anyone who enjoys a literary and artistic mystery. It will also include a curator’s essay and full color reproductions of the work in the exhibit.
"Echoes of Voynich is a group show inspired by the heretical Voynich Manuscript. This mysterious 15th-century European volume presents a Medieval ‘scientific’ world view using intricate drawings alongside elaborately coded text that has never been deciphered.
"Eight contemporary artists in the exhibit offer worlds of coded structures, where nature is conflated or indistinguishable from highly personal systems. Through painting, drawing, photography, artist books and installation work, Echoes of Voynich offers a multi-faceted view of contemporary art making connections and dissolving boundaries between Flora, Fauna and (Un)earthly Matter." [press release]
Artists include Marcie Begleiter, Timothy C. Ely, Julie Harrison, Christina McPhee, Blue McRight, Snezana Saraswati Petrovic, Fran Siegel and Linnea Spransey.
Two drawings included in the show. Top: Blood 6387 by Julie Harrison, 2023, graphite, blood, India ink, printer ink and paper on paper, 27.5 x 39 inches; Bottom: Blood 6384 by Julie Harrison, 2023, graphite, blood, India ink, printer ink and paper on paper, 27.5 x 39 inches.