• "My Toe is on the Trip Wire" exhibition catalog. A closed catalog is laying on an open one. The cover has a metal bison made of abstract Curley cues. The open spread has a hollow metal bust surrounded by metal hair and the inside of the bust says, "freedom is mine".
  • "My Toe is on the Trip Wire" exhibition catalog. Two open catalogs laying on top of each other. The top open has an abstract metal figure with pieces falling off of it. The text says: When the Party's Over. The catalog under it has a metal block with an abstract flower coming out of it and the text on the page says: Talk to your materials.
  • "My Toe is on the Trip Wire" exhibition catalog. Two open catalogs are on top of each other. The top one shows aluminum sweet potato leaves and says: back to nature, walking into the trees and never walking out they shiver behind me the vault door of the forest's safe. The catalog under it says: Celestial bodies
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My Toe is on the Trip Wire Exhibition Catalog

My Toe is on the Trip Wire Exhibition Catalog

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Art is a series of conversations: with the materials, with the music you listen to when making it, with the poetry that inspires you, with loved ones, with plants and animals, and so much more.

My Toe is on the Trip Wire pairs the metal sculpture of Julia Paloma with the poetry Maya Paloma, leading you through a conversation about life, art, and nature. This exhibition catalog has been published as part of Julia Paloma's exhibition, My Toe is on the Trip Wire. The catalog features work in the exhibition with bonus work not in the exhibition. The title for the exhibition come's from Maya Paloma's poem, seen below.

When the Party's Over

someone’s toe caught the trip wire; the night tilted on its side.
so our sparkling plans
turned to expensive plastic flowers: pretty while you looked,
ruined once you felt it.
and this is how things fall apart, i thought. we will all spin apart.

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