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Janiva Ellis, 'Co-Panicing' (2017). Install view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
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Janiva Ellis, Lick Shot (2017) Exhibition view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
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Janiva Ellis, Lick Shot (2017) Exhibition view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
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Janiva Ellis, 'Memorializing My Industry In Sculpture' (2017). Install view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
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Janiva Ellis, 'Open Pour Reality' (2017). Install view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
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Janiva Ellis, 'Scambient Pet' (2017). Install view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
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Janiva Ellis, 'Something Anxiety' (2017). Install view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.

“Laughter in the dark, or an underwater scream.” Spiralling sensations in Janiva Ellis’ Lick Shot at 47 Canal

, 13 July 2017
Janiva Ellis is presenting solo exhibition Lick Shot at New York’s 47 Canal, running June 30 to August 4.

Janiva Ellis, Lick Shot (2017) Exhibition view. Photo by Joerg Lohse. Courtesy the artist + 47 Canal, New York.
  
The new series of paintings by the Los Angeles-based artist moves between cartoon moments of absurdity and realistic portraiture. The press release, written by writer and curator Kevin McGarry and Ellis, describe the work as “a series of glimpses into the divine comedy of existing in a world where pain is met with doubt; into dynamics that are blatant and never-ending, yet consistently denied their truth.”
 
Spiralling events create a sense of playfulness, while at the same time a decaying moment of collision and falling run throughout, “like a shot fired from a dream, laughter in the dark, or an underwater scream.”**