POUND

A solo exhibition by ANNE-JOELLE TAN

Agitator’s Summer 2024 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

EXHIBITION :: Aug 3 - 8, 2024

In Anne-Joelle Tan’s debut solo show “Pound,” recognizable objects and imagery transcend the everyday morphing into loaded iconography. With the use of a range of materials such as oil paint, deer antlers and rust on steel to name a few, these icons are recontextualized. Original meanings are stripped away; the surrounding images and meme sensibilities impregnate the icons with new connotations. Through a deliberate selection of readymade internet screenshots and naturally occurring camera roll gems, digital and personal histories coalesce into ludicrous narratives ripe for a multitude of interpretations. Throughout her work, humor and nonsensicality are punctuated with the occasional unexpected glimpse of earnestness which borders on a voyeuristic kind of intimacy. These compositions are littered with sly references and inside jokes with oneself.

This SOLO ARTIST EXHIBITION runs from August 3 through 8.
Opening Reception :: Saturday August 3, 6 – 10 pm

Promotional image: Detail of “Web Pussy (Rug Hugger Deluxe)” by Anne Joelle Tan >>
Exhibition photos by Jason Greenberg

Scroll through artwork documentation & installation views below.

Download Darling / oil & acrylic on canvas

Bite/Bark / Graphite pencil on Mulberry paper & steel

Exploding Hog / Graphite pencil on Mulberry paper & steel

Above: Fight Scene / oil paint on hemp

From February through August of 2024, Anne Joelle Tan has been an Agitator Gallery ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE.

Anne-Joelle Tan is a Chicago based painter and sculptor. She received her B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. Interested in materiality, she works with a wide range of materials. Drawing from her personal histories with the digital, and occasionally from her international background, she aims to document the ephemeral, frivolous and sentimental.

Anne-Joelle is similarly enamored by internet bohemia— she runs an irreverent meme page on Instagram which has been featured in multiple media outlets.

See more on her Instagram Account: Ivcky5000

EXHIBITED ARTWORKS:

All Dogs Go To Heaven / 30” x 24” / oil on canvas

BAG (bitchwalk) / 20” x 11” x 8” / rusted steel & deer antler

BAG (whatsapp god) / 20” x 11” x 8” / rusted steel & deer antler

Bite/Bark / 47.5” x 11” / graphite & colored pencil on mulberry paper, steel

Cortez Dog Physiognomy / 20” x 16” (set of 2) / oil on canvas

Dollfaced / 30” x 30” X 11” / oil on hemp, deer antlers

Download Darling / 24” x 34” / oil & acrylic on canvas

Eternal Semiotics / 36” x 28” / oil and acrylic on hemp

Exploding Hog / 8” x10” / graphite & colored pencil on mulberry paper, steel

Fight Scene / 40” x 18” / oil on hemp