Persimmon Blackbridge: Speak No (emergency)

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Persimmon Blackbridge, “Fire (fighters) (detail),” 2024

(courtesy of the Gallery and Della McCreary)

In this stunning installation Speak No (emergency), artist Persimmon Blackbridge urgently responds to the devastation of and despair around climate change. Covering the gallery walls with dozens of hand fashioned figures, she creates a desolate, desperate army who have come together in the face of rampant forest fires, polluted oceans, and climate denial. Blackbridge’s raw, frenetic aesthetic integrates found wood, Barbie doll parts, bits of animal bone, scrap metal, and other recycled materials typically considered trash.

This exhibition is organized in partnership with Tangled Art + Disability.