Including large-scale murals, intricate diagrams, and a 3D-printed installation, the exhibition investigates the intersections of geology, cosmology, and political histories. The works examine the conditions that organise our social sub-terrain and the structures that pre-determine the limits of our political imagination.
Featuring new and existing works, throwers challenges the colonial conception of a singular, knowable “world”, instead suggesting new models for envisioning a Black planet. One model is a new iteration of recurse 4 a late planet (2024-ongoing), a vast wall mural weaving cosmological, geological and techno-political knowledge towards a social history of stones. Nolan’s diagram draws from an archive of near-Earth-asteroids and their cosmic journeys, paying particular attention to the “potentially-hazardous-objects” that periodically threaten catastrophic damage to our planet.
throwers will be contextualised by the Black Earth Study Club. Convened by Imani Mason Jordan, the club will invite artists, writers, and scholars to contribute to a series of events that reflect on the topics orbiting Nolan’s practice, offering a relaxed environment to reflect on the personal, philosophical, historical, political, scientific, and technological. Black Earth Study Club events will take place at Gasworks on the evenings of 15th and 22nd May.
The Lead Supporters for Nolan Oswald Dennis' exhibition are Marcus and Alexa Waley-Cohen. Headline Supporters are Mercedes Vilardell and Goodman Gallery, with additional support from the Henry Moore Foundation. The exhibition is presented in partnership with Swiss Institute New York. Gasworks’ Exhibitions programme is supported by Catherine Petitgas, Gasworks Exhibitions Supporters and Arts Council England. Gasworks' 2025/26 programme is generously funded by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
Nolan Oswald Dennis: throwers press release
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