Colleen Asper: As the Hand Enjoys the Glove — Colleen Asper

Transmitter is pleased to present As the Hand Enjoys the Glove , a solo exhibition and accompanying performance by Colleen Asper, organized by Meena Hasan. As the Hand Enjoys the Glove continues Asper’s practice of using paintings of her labia as curtains in the staging of her performances. It continues, too, her use of satin gloves, only in As the Hand Enjoys the Glove it is two performers that appear as gloved hands. The performance unfolds as a series of alternate endings to Henry James’s The Beast in the Jungle .” The author blinks furiously. “Perhaps you could describe The Beast in the Jungle ?” suggests the reader. “ The Beast in the Jungle