Scab

LEWIS TEAGUE WRIGHT

Opening
November 9, 2019
12 – 4 pm

Exhibition
November 10 - December 20, 2019

WASSERGASSE 14
1030 VIENNA. AUSTRIA

Gianni Manhattan is pleased to announce
SCAB, Lewis Teague Wright’s first solo show with the gallery.

Please note that the preview takes place on November 9 in the afternoon (12 - 4 pm) and that the gallery opening hours have been adapted for the duration of the exhibition.

Wed – Fri 9 am – 3 pm
Sat 12 – 3 pm

“Caloplaca marina is a type of sea lichen that covers rocks found along the shores of Ireland, Great Britain and other coastlines of Atlantic Europe. Well-suited to briny environments that are otherwise inhospitable to supporting life, Caloplaca marina, like all lichens, is a partnership between fungus and a photosynthesising organism. The latter provides the energy; the former provides a place for the photosynthesiser to grow. They propagate slowly, asexually, across surfaces, absorbing elements and pollutants. They thrived following the End-Cretaceous mass extinction, these ancient carriers of atmospheric history. Their fate following the impending sixth mass extinction remains precarious.”
– Daniel Merritt

Lewis Teague Wright (b. 1987 in London, UK) lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions include The Ghoul, Galerie pcp, Paris; Fever Dreams, Gianni Manhattan (2019); TOYOTA00, Cordova, Barcelona; Moondog, East Hampton Shed, New York; Casa Tomada, curated by Anna Goetz, Mexico City (2018); Urchin, Lodos Gallery, Mexico City (2017).