Hair Painting No.38 - Jarrett Key

27th September - 10th November 2024

Quench Gallery

Jarrett Key will be showing their 38th Hair Paintings, a set of three sails that were painted on the shores of Margate on August 19th, 2024 at Margate's Quench Gallery

Open Friday - Sunday, 12pm - 6pm

Opening Reception... Friday 27th September, 6pm - 9pm

If you didn’t get a chance to see Key perform their work live, a film documenting their performance will be on view, alongside still photographs from the event.

Key's practice embodies several modes of production within a single frame. They create objects that draw on the forms, images, and materials found within a sculpture, painting, and performance practice. Key grew up in rural Alabama to the sound of my grandmother, Ruth Mae Giles, singing, "your hair is your strength". Key’s grandmother would quote this reference to Samson and Delilah often. This art practice seeks to memorialize their family history and oral traditions in ways that don’t require traditional literacy.

These hair paintings marry performance and visual art through codified movement, tempera paint and a ponytail, straightened with a hot comb. This literal “hairbrush” transcribes the movements and gestures to create a new embodied language. Over the last ten years, this hair painting series has transformed from a way to celebrate their grandma's life to a ritual that keeps her alive and with us.

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Hair Painting No.38 - Jarrett Key Quench Gallery, Cliftonville Avenue, Margate
CT9 2NU

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quenchgallery@gmail.com 07854 696792

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