Mine is the soil and the toil for your paradise
Towards Gallery•Jul 11, 2024 — Aug 10, 2024
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Towards is pleased to present Mine is the soil and the toil for your paradise, a solo exhibition by Lena Cobangbang. This marks Cobangbang’s first solo exhibition in Canada. This exhibition was organized as part of the 4th Kamias Triennial Long Distance.
“You think you own whatever land you land on…”
It’s amusing that the lyrics to a song meant for children can bear so much truth, particularly withstanding the test of time to bear just as much or even more relevance in these times.
In Lena Cobangbang’s body of work, the land has played a central role on many occasions – one might even say that the entire body of work is anchored on land. Either an off-planet view as a map of the world, to a micro-zoomed exploration of a tiny patch of grass, the land portrayed extends to what has been built on its surface, or even the beings that walk upon it on fours or twos.
For the most part, the theory of Pangaea – the supercontinent from aro…
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Mine is the soil and the toil for your paradise
Towards Gallery•Jul 11, 2024 — Aug 10, 2024
Press Release
Towards is pleased to present Mine is the soil and the toil for your paradise, a solo exhibition by Lena Cobangbang. This marks Cobangbang’s first solo exhibition in Canada. This exhibition was organized as part of the 4th Kamias Triennial Long Distance.
“You think you own whatever land you land on…”
It’s amusing that the lyrics to a song meant for children can bear so much truth, particularly withstanding the test of time to bear just as much or even more relevance in these times.
In Lena Cobangbang’s body of work, the land has played a central role on many occasions – one might even say that the entire body of work is anchored on land. Either an off-planet view as a map of the world, to a micro-zoomed exploration of a tiny patch of grass, the land portrayed extends to what has been built on its surface, or even the beings that walk upon it on fours or twos.
For the most part, the theory of Pangaea – the supercontinent from aro…
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