If you know where to look, you can find the Kentucky coffee tree scattered in parking lots and traffic medians across the city of Albuquerque, where it has found a home as an ‘urban development tree.’ Over the past two years, Erin Louise Gould’s art practice has centered on this rare tree and its peculiar story. Living with a chronic and painful autoimmune disease and surviving a decade-long eating disorder, Gould has used her art practice to tackle issues relating to the body and its idiosyncrasies, desires, and seeming contradictions. In her newest body of work, Gould gradually unearths the story of the Kentucky coffee tree while interweaving her own.
all that I have is an exhibition of printmaking, sculpture, video, writing, and found object installation that tells this intertwined story of life, loss, and multi-species resilience. It opens with a reception on Saturday, March 21 from 6-9 PM and remains on view through May 30.