Malcolm Peacock:

next in line at the peak of the valley, his spine bent forward as he surrendered to his choices

August 27th - October 15th, 2023

You are not here. It is just I. 

And thus, all of the problems that we can be, do not exist. 

My singularity renders me harmless. 

I am no longer a screen used for projection. At most, I am an abstract idea. 

Something heard of but only in rumor. 

I used to think that I was the sorest of thumbs. 

After further investigation, I found that I evaporated when the plane landed. 

The hostess takes 20 minutes. 

“I didn’t even see you there. How are you?” 

Maybe you should come visit. 

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Malcolm Peacock earned a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, in 2016, and an MFA from The Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University, New Jersey, in 2019. He is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice examines emotional and psychic spaces of Black subjects. Peacock is particularly interested in art as a site to make and explore different forms of intimacy. He has been a participant in residencies at The University of Pennsylvania, St. Roch Community Church, The Joan Mitchell Center, Denniston Hill, and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has exhibited at Cindy Rucker Gallery in New York, Artists Space in New York, Terrault Gallery in Baltimore, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.