Sentient Sun | Philip L Ocampo

Sentient Sun, 2020. Installation view, works by Marina Fathalla, Lamis Haggag, Lauren Lavery and Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh in view.

Lauren Lavery, flat plant stand piece, wrought iron plant stand, beeswax, rosemary, thyme.
3” tall x 10.5” wide, 2020

Lauren Lavery, sign post piece, Wrought iron decor, beeswax, dried flowers, twine, earring hooks, drawing, collage.
17.5” tall x 17” wide, 2020

Lauren Lavery, sign post piece, Wrought iron decor, beeswax, dried flowers, twine, earring hooks, drawing, collage.

Sentient Sun, 2020. Installation view, works by Lauren Lavery in view.

plant hanger piece, wrought iron decor, beeswax, thyme, rosemary, 17” tall x 7.5” wide, 2020.

Sentient Sun, 2020. Installation view, works by Marina Fathalla, Lamis Haggag, Lauren Lavery and Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh in view.

Marina Fathalla and Lamis Haggag, Dust-coloured skies, 2020.

Left, Marina Fathalla and Lamis Haggag, Dust-coloured skies, 2020. Right, Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, 2020

Marina Fathalla and Lamis Haggag, Dust-coloured skies, 2020.

Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Anatomy of a Japanese Textile I, coloured pencil on paper, 2020.

Sentient Sun, 2020. Installation view, works by Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh in view.

Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Study of Photons I, coloured pencil on paper, 2020.

Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Study on Human Optics, coloured pencil on paper, 2020.

Sentient Sun, 2020. Installation view, work by Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh in view.

Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Study of Textile III, coloured pencil on paper, 2020.

Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Study of Photons II, coloured pencil on paper, 2020.

Sentient Sun, 2020. Installation view, works by Lauren Lavery and Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh in view.

Lauren Lavery, Wine glasses, Crystal stemware, golden raisins, beeswax.
4.5” tall x 4” wide/deep, 2020

Sentient Sun

Marina Fathalla, Lamis Haggag, Lauren Lavery, and Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh

Hearth

August 1st - September 4th, 2020

Additional writing by Geneviève Wallen and work by Emily Harrison

Curated by Rowan Lynch and Philip Leonard Ocampo

Situated at the centre of our solar system, the Sun is 109 times the size of earth, and 4.603 Billion years old. Woven into mythology, storytelling and oral tradition; it is a witness to the life it begets.

Featuring works by Marina Fathalla, Lamis Haggag, Lauren Lavery, and Mehrnaz Rohbakhsh, Sentient Sun proposes artworks that access scientific, phenomenal, mythological, and personal explorations of the Sun.

The sun’s transformative capabilities gather these works; a celestial presence intrinsic to the ever shifting nature of our surroundings, and ourselves.