hungry ghost
                                     edith abeyta
                                     charlene roth
                                    rob abeyta, jr.

October 16 - November 28, 2004
 
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hungry ghost

        

Charlene Roth

Hungry Ghosts
 

  1. …greed
  2. s/he questions
  3. running errant hands
  4. over the ash grey expanse
  5. of a huge swollen stomach
  6. a fetus kicks
  7. or is it flames
  8. a fire in the belly
  9. flickering in anticipation
  10. of an attempt to satisfy
  11. THE want
  12. sucking information
  13. through a tiny wrinkled orifice
  14. into the narrow
  15. straw-like cylinder
  16. that is the route
  17. from there to here
  18. i need more
  19. s/he gasps
  20. a futile attempt
  21. a grasp(?)
  22. and the spark
  23. firing
  24. ignites
  25. again and again
  26. a long slow burn
  27. erupting sporadically from
  28. a sallow anus`
  29. why
  30. s/he asks
  31. am I not(?) the sanctified one
  32. spilling guts
  33. in vast asymmetrical
  34. flaming visual rants
  35. every ejaculation a little death
  36. for you for you for you
  37. the witless other
  38. roaming in crowds
  39. indifferent to her/his
  40. presence
  41. indifferent to a
  42. consuming hunger
  43. bits bloom
  44. in convoluted corridors
  45. radiating outward
  46. whorled inward
  47. erasing privacy
  48. to full public flower
  49. in esoteric & too soon
  50. forgotten spaces
  51. tables turn
  52. the hand abandons the surface
  53. of the fecund belly—beckons
  54. who is the hungry ghost
  55. whining in a sour mist of
  56. greed…
 hungry ghost

Walled City Gallery is pleased to present hungry ghost, an exhibition of original artwork by Edith Abeyta and Rob Abeyta, featuring a statement/poem by Charlene Roth.  The hungry ghost is a religious and spiritual concept that is almost universal, but is most commonly associated with Buddhism.  A hungry spirit that is, via some accident of form, unable to satiate its hunger, it is often used as a metaphor for material or physical want.

Edith will be presenting an installation of fiber works and stuffed shapes, connected by string and featuring drawings on muslin and stuffed flames.  Rob will be creating a site specific painting on the walls of the gallery, of a hungry ghost expelling one hundred small framed works from its mouth.  Charlene will be transcribing her statement/poem for the show (see attached) onto the walls of the gallery itself in faint pencil.  Together these three artists will create an environment where the interplay of ideas related to the hungry ghost concept can integrate into a seamless whole.