July 22 - August 6, 2023
From 500X:
“It’s like murder!!!
Besides killing someone, making someone want to die is right behind in terms of evil. It’s like murder goes through instances of deaths, mostly figuratively. Like what it feels like to exist after experiencing trauma that landed me with a PTSD diagnosis, and how I have been coming to terms with it. There is a lot to do with being queer+nonbinary and existing inside a very feminine body – from the different experiences and extremes of a normal day to day perspective, to a very specific time of calculated abuse. Either way, feelings of dysmorphia/dysphoria, being discarded, and not being enough, are themes throughout. The peach is used in different ways throughout the show – at times the peach is glorified, put on a pedestal, and made to be seen as desirable, and beautiful. Other times the peach has predators, is roughly handled, bruised, pulverized, carefully/haphazardly sliced, and gutted. The peach goes through being celebrated, to being rated, to being eaten up. It goes through being used as different tropes, to sexualize, cute-ify, objectify, to attract, to satisfy, and to impress. But eventually the peaches are eaten up, in a sense, or they rot. Throughout, It’s like murder!!!, we see mostly peach fruit related content, however, there are a few references to the peach pit. The pit, which is usually discarded, has a hard shell, and a mildly poisonous seed – the inedible part. The pit is usually undesired to most, as it is a little rough. It’s the part left over after everything is stripped down to the literal core, like a Brittney moment! The part that is left when the youth fades, the core of something, or someone, the part that has strength, possibilities for countless rebirths, possibly some mild poison, but most importantly it holds the unseen authentic core. It’s not ugly, it’s just unedited. So, I preserve the pits instead of the fruit. It’s like murder!!! is a solo exhibition by Texas-based artist, Gibson Regester. On View at 500x Gallery from July 22nd, to August 6th, with an opening reception on July 22nd from 7pm-10pm and a performance by the artist around 8pm. 500x Gallery is open Saturday and Sunday from 12pm-5pm every weekend. Located at 516 Fabrication St. Dallas, Texas 75212.”
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