April 7 – April 29, 2023
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| Rachael Henson Mother Wound Agar, pineapple, honey, cinnamon, red pepper, chinese five spice, galangal, wooden frame, stained glass top 11 x 14 x 5 inches $300 |  |
| Rachael Henson Changeling Agar, cantaloupe juice, red wine, amino acid, cilantro-lime simple syrup, salt 12 x 12 x 5 inches $300 |  |
| Rachael Henson Two Weeks In Taipei Myanmar tea, tapioca, plum juice, matcha, citric acid, wooden frame, stained glass top 15 x 12 x 5 inches $400 |  |
| Hannah Rotwein Façade (for Dallas), 2022 Concrete, air dry clay, found and collected objects, Gorilla wood glue, Ceys wood glue, Elmer’s School Glue, hot glue, photograph, cardboard, beeswax, string, twine, Sumi ink, acrylic, spray foam insulation, food coloring, paper pulp, graphite, colored pencil, concrete epoxy, red oak, wooden drawers, sandbags 45 x 57.25 x 18.25 inches $5,000 |  |
| Hannah Rotwein Untitled (Cheesy Toast), 2022 Illustration board, epoxy, Titebond II wood glue, sand 45.5 x 25 x 1 inches $800 |  |
| Usama Khalid Garden mai kakajii, 2021-2023 Ink and paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Bagh ke aunder issues, 2022 paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Memory ke distortion, 2022 paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Joji ke naya ghar, 2023 Paper and ink on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Muri mai sarakh, 2023 Paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Lahoris, Fairey meadows mai, 2023 Ink and paper collage on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Kakajii, Ft.Worth mai, 2022 photography and paper collage on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Dukaan de samne, 2022 Ink and photograph paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Bat token, 2022 Paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Mahal Murri mai, 2023 mixed media on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Ma Ke Chadar ke tara, 2023 Ink and paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Baba, Ft. Worth mai, 2022 Photography and paint on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Bagh token, 2023 Paper on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Usama Khalid Haire wala shawl, 2022 ink and fabric on wood Approximately 4.5 x 4.5” $300 |  |
| Joyce Alexander Indian Sugar, 2022 Digital print on paper, sugar, textile, beads Dimensions variable $349 |  |
| Francisco Alvarado Obra 2: encaje, 2020 Oranges, slim jim, screws Dimensions variable $300 |  |
For this year’s Fair Housing Month exhibition at Arts Fort Worth, Easyside is proud to present After Sense, featuring artists Joyce Alexander, Francisco Alvarado, Rachael Henson, Usama Khalid, and Hannah Rotwein.
We increasingly see issues of fair housing in the news, from a rising population experiencing homelessness, to the unobtainable and ballooning cost of home ownership, to the rent crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. While the urgency, scale, and variety of this issue is daunting, it is also personal and has stakes in every corner of American life. After Sense considers the necessity of home and its impact on quality of life, with works that not only highlight the comforts and securities that artists associate with their relationships to place and belonging, but also the heartache that exists within those concepts.
The remembrance of personal history, specifically as it relates to domestic spaces, is often best accessed through the senses. Particular smells, textures, patterns, or tastes bring us closer to the familiar yet sometimes out-of-reach qualities of home. In order to communicate ideas relating to place, the featured artists incorporate domestic imagery and materials, often including food or references to it. Rachel Henson’s artwork is actually edible, while Joyce Alexander employs sugar as a fractured yet self-healing coating atop glittering imagery, and Francisco Alvarado’s wall installation builds tension as the oranges deteriorate over time. Usama Khalid and Hannah Rotwein incorporate pieces of the family home into their three-dimensional works, from trash to treasured photographs. These elements conjure nostalgia, creating dialogues between the artists, their communities, and their viewers that are rooted in nuanced personal experiences of home.
Rotwein refers to her sculptures as “full of personality and alchemically transformed […] at once familiar and strange.” This could be an apt description of many of the works in After Sense, which are in turns uncanny and relatable in their activation of human senses and the memories we attach to them.
After Sense opens at Arts Fort Worth’s Frost Gallery April 7th 2023 and runs through April 29th 2023, with an opening reception on April 7th, from 6-9pm.