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  • Aleana Egan, Meanwhile, 2013, steel, fabric, 9' 10 1/8“ x 11' 6” x 4' 11 1/8".

    Aleana Egan, Meanwhile, 2013, steel, fabric, 9' 10 1/8“ x 11' 6” x 4' 11 1/8".

    Aleana Egan

    Kerlin Gallery

    A tiny photograph from Aleana Egan’s recent exhibition “The Sensitive Plant” bears the title 13/1 Sunnypark, Ballygunge, Calcutta, India. Circa 1957 (all works 2013). This precise postal address and approximate date offer some basic context for an otherwise puzzling image: a found snapshot, more than half a century old, showing the unrevealing facade of a grand residence and its elegant, well-tended garden. Hanging directly alongside this image was a second such picture, identical in size and format, and broadly corresponding in content. And yet Egan offered only the following description:

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