Exhibition Information

Jessica Silverman x VSF, Tangerine Dreams, 2021, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea (Installation view).

Jessica Silverman x VSF, Tangerine Dreams, 2021, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea (Installation view).

Jessica Silverman x VSF, Tangerine Dreams, 2021, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea (Installation view).

Jessica Silverman x VSF, Tangerine Dreams, 2021, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea (Installation view).

			Various Small Fires and Jessica Silverman are pleased to present “Tangerine Dreams,” a group exhibition bringing together new work by Dashiell Manley, Hayal Pozanti, and Davina Semo. Drawing inspiration from the optimism that arises from the symbolism of Tangerines, hues of orange and red throughout the exhibition reverberate feelings of warmth, radiating energy and vitality. Employing unique modes of abstraction, the works on view each consider themes of time, language, and our lived environment to imagine a more fruitful, abundant future.
Dashiell Manley’s paintings emerged as an exploration of abstract landscapes, connected by the subtle, at times almost imperceptible, appearance of a horizon line that bisects the canvas at their midpoint and defines the bounds between earth and atmosphere. The newest works for VSF have energy that moves in one direction and then becomes interrupted by a new energy moving it in a different direction.
Referring to her new paintings as ‘visual poetry,’ over the last year, painting has become a means for Hayal Pozanti to practice being in the present moment, a tool to process emotions and reflect on the inner self thus, leading to works that are more colorful, gestural and intuitive.
For VSF Davina Semo has made a new cast-bronze “Bell” whose painted blue surface holds the history of the wax from which it is cast. The hanging bronze clapper invites viewers to ring the bell. On the wall is one of Semo’s “Bearing” pieces, which consist of warped acrylic mirrors shot through with constellations of radial ball bearings. Reflecting the viewer and the other artworks in the show, these pieces offer curatorial comment, drawing attention to and even coloring the conversation between the works.
Dashiell Manley (b.1983, Fontana, CA) has a BFA from CalArts and an MFA from UCLA. Manley’s work has been featured in international exhibitions, including the Hammer Museum’s 2012 "Made in L.A.” and the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Public collections include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, The Palm Springs Art Museum, and The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College.  In 2017, he enjoyed a solo exhibition at Stanford’s Cantor Center. He lives and works in Los Angeles. He is represented by Jessica Silverman.
Hayal Pozanti (b. 1983, Istanbul, Turkey) has a BA from Sabanci University and an MFA from Yale University. She has been awarded large-scale public projects and commissions by the New York Public Library, NY; Public Art Fund, New York, NY and Cleveland Clinic and Case Western, Cleveland. Her work is in the permanent collections of: Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum; JP Morgan Chase Art Collection; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); New York Presbyterian Hospital; San Jose Museum of Art; Stanford Hospital; and UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Pozanti lives and works in Manchester, Vermont. She is represented by Jessica Silverman.
Davina Semo (b. 1981, Washington DC) has a BA in Visual Arts and Creative Writing from Brown University and an MFA from University of California, San Diego. In 2021, the artist’s work was exhibited at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 in the solo installation Reverberation commissioned by Public Art Fund. Semo recently enjoyed the solo show Core Reflections at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa. Her work is currently on view at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s “New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century,” a major survey exploring recent feminist practices in contemporary art. Semo lives and works in Los Angeles. She is represented by Jessica Silverman.