Closing Séance
West Hollywood, CA
April 21, 2012
Perpetual Conceptual: Echoes of Eugenia Butler
8126 – 8132 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
7:30 PM
On July 19, 1978, Eugenia Butler held a séance as Madam S.S. Houri at Harold L. Glicksman and Mary Ann Duganne’s gallery on 76 Market Street in Venice, CA. Glicksman and Duganne were ordered by the new owner of their gallery to surrender the premises on January 15, 1979. As the closing event for the gallery, Madam S.S. Houri held public and private séances and “x-raye” readings.
Matt Greene (b. 1972, Atlanta, GA) is a Los Angeles-based painter and performance artist known for his dark and otherworldly landscapes that investigate horticulture, vintage pornography, horror films, fairy tales, and 19th Century symbolist art. His work has been exhibited at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles; Peres Projects, Los Angeles; Deitch Projects, New York; COMA, Berlin; and the Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria. Greene’s work is a part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Séance Narrative
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shut case lock out cold floor cats claw fever draw beware here hairy manger lonesome stranger mug wort worse wood false face hair piece born cord fork tongue make red get led give head blind fold red bread beat dawn word pray play dead get paid take back clip sheets shed spool she bled clay oven cloven hoof thatched roof lacks proof ill omen meat hook chap boots trick stop truck stamp non pass break brush glimpse blush night shade scream stops |
scrim drops
long pause lower claws pissy minx pretty musky rim job slip shod crab shack lynch mob witch hunt stitch shut chin strap thick mix sling shot scold son boot lace hair ball court ship hung lurker tear jerker total inferiority total conspiracy second skin after life altered file lady like clench flute felt pelt lost scent blame self fur line lock box down vest pluck hairs dirt floor makes mess hidden chamber total wreckage total disaster partial denture total conspiracy dirt box coin slot false front shop worn sack lunch |
worm holedump tubeboth think
pull thong total depression guilty pleasure rob companion wooden legend male man lick pills pick deals prick ears sick meals cut heals bend knees worn heels silk cord ex dress stretch seams slime hunt pit ball lone tome damp spot stick cracks make x thumb screw hair hole her pole slick shield fur pie eye glass glove flies lip gloss total loss lamp shatters crowd scatters close closet clock ticks sleep shop ice chest eye lash bind sash house wife door mouse lace top face mop missing scissors |
sticky finish
murky puddle merry widow mending plate ring finger field line dream crime lance hand drawn cream mend fence claw foot bow again clown away show shadow miscast mistress cover blown bogus hour filthy flower ingrown tombstone mossy mound morbid boss pussy foot stump hump tree hugger high tower lost father snow fall freeze water they saw axe drop log split wax hand night stand pussy willow mirrored lair sullen minotaur phantom limb cut cord starting now gallery termination gallery termination gallery termination |