Performed by k.g. Guttman, Ahlam Hassan,
Johanna Householder, Kelly Keenan, Mikiki, Shahir
Omar-Qrishnaswamy and Bee Pallomina, with
contributions by lo bil, Seika Boye, Francisco-
Fernando Granados, Jessica Karuhanga, Matthew-
Robin Nye and Joshua Vettivelu
Gallery TPW, Toronto
June 29 – August 3, 2019
Many performers wore gloves—textural beige, with satiny red palms and extra-long, tubular fingers—at the opening reception of k.g. Guttman’s Visiting Hours. In one moment, Guttman stood behind a simple chair, caressing its back with spindly, softly probing digits. Another afternoon at Gallery TPW, Johanna Householder wordlessly prompted me to don a pair myself, before indicating an envelope to open. Householder, one of seven artists who performed Visiting Hours during the exhibition’s run, was leading me through an interaction with dance artist and scholar Seika Boye’s an image…