Sweetwater

Rhea Dillon

We looked for eyes creased with concern, but saw only veils

April 26, 2023 to June 10, 2023

Leipziger Straße 56-58, Berlin, Germany

Exhibition Text

I, I have found it meet and right so to do.1

  1. Morrison, T. (2016) The Bluest Eye. Britain, London: Vintage Books. Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, Pg. 180. Originally published in 1970 in Sabon Roman font by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, USA.

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Artworks

Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon
Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

We looked for eyes creased with concern, but saw only veils

April 26, 2023 to June 10, 2023

Leipziger Straße 56-58, Berlin, Germany

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

Incomprehensible Sex Coming To Its Dreaded Fruition; nothing remains but Pecola & the Unyielding Earth, 2023

Sapele mahogany and marigold seeds

22 × 38 × 15 cm

8 ⅝ × 15 × 5 ⅞ in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

Incomprehensible Sex Coming To Its Dreaded Fruition; nothing remains but Pecola & the Unyielding Earth, 2023

Sapele mahogany and marigold seeds

22 × 38 × 15 cm

8 ⅝ × 15 × 5 ⅞ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

My whole dress was messed with purple, and it never did wash out. Not the dress nor me. I could feel that purple deep inside me., 2023

Lilac oil, water violet essence, deadstock paper, cord and metal

50 × 40 × 2 cm

19 ¾ × 15 ¾ × ¾ in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

My whole dress was messed with purple, and it never did wash out. Not the dress nor me. I could feel that purple deep inside me., 2023

Lilac oil, water violet essence, deadstock paper, cord and metal

50 × 40 × 2 cm

19 ¾ × 15 ¾ × ¾ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

She was washing dishes. Her small back hunched over the sink—a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach., 2023

Brass and polyester

21 × 9 × 12.5 cm

8 ¼ × 3 ½ × 4 ⅞ in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

She was washing dishes. Her small back hunched over the sink—a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach., 2023

Brass and polyester

21 × 9 × 12.5 cm

8 ¼ × 3 ½ × 4 ⅞ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

All of our waste which we dumped on her and which she absorbed., 2023

Mary Jane candy and glass

6.8 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm

2 ⅝ × 3 ¾ × 3 ¾ in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

All of our waste which we dumped on her and which she absorbed., 2023

Mary Jane candy and glass

6.8 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm

2 ⅝ × 3 ¾ × 3 ¾ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-, 2023

Anti-climb paint, paper and sapele mahogany

91 × 91 × 6 cm

35 ⅞ × 35 ⅞ × 2 ⅜ in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-, 2023

Anti-climb paint, paper and sapele mahogany

91 × 91 × 6 cm

35 ⅞ × 35 ⅞ × 2 ⅜ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-, 2023

Anti-climb paint, paper and sapele mahogany

91 × 91 × 6 cm

35 ⅞ × 35 ⅞ × 2 ⅜ in

Media © Sweetwater 2025
Detail

Rhea Dillon

Pretty eyes. Pretty blue eyes. Big blue pretty eyes. / Run, Jip, run. Jip runs, Alice runs. Alice has blue eyes. / Jerry has blue eyes. Jerry runs. Alice runs. They run / with their blue eyes. Four blue eyes. Four pretty / blue eyes. Blue-sky eyes. Blue-like Mrs. Forrest’s / blue blouse eyes. Morning-glory-blue-eyes. / Alice-and-Jerry-blue-, 2023

Anti-climb paint, paper and sapele mahogany

91 × 91 × 6 cm

35 ⅞ × 35 ⅞ × 2 ⅜ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

Whims, Yearnings and Antipathies, 2023

Collated woods, brass and nail

91.5 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm

36 × 1 ⅜ × 1 ¾ in

Media © Sweetwater 2025
Detail

Rhea Dillon

Whims, Yearnings and Antipathies, 2023

Collated woods, brass and nail

91.5 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm

36 × 1 ⅜ × 1 ¾ in

Media © Sweetwater 2025
Detail

Rhea Dillon

Whims, Yearnings and Antipathies, 2023

Collated woods, brass and nail

91.5 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm

36 × 1 ⅜ × 1 ¾ in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

full from the silver screen: There the flawed became whole (Then the screen would light up, and I’d move right on in them pictures), 2023

Steel

129.5 × 261.6 cm

51 × 103 in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

full from the silver screen: There the flawed became whole (Then the screen would light up, and I’d move right on in them pictures), 2023

Steel

129.5 × 261.6 cm

51 × 103 in

Media © Sweetwater 2025
Detail

Rhea Dillon

full from the silver screen: There the flawed became whole (Then the screen would light up, and I’d move right on in them pictures), 2023

Steel

129.5 × 261.6 cm

51 × 103 in

Rhea Dillon

Rhea Dillon

(now these here women you don’t have any _______ with. They deliver _____ ____ and with no ____.) Just like horses., 2023

Oil on canvas

40 × 140 cm

15 ¾ × 55 ⅛ in

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Detail

Rhea Dillon

(now these here women you don’t have any _______ with. They deliver _____ ____ and with no ____.) Just like horses., 2023

Oil on canvas

40 × 140 cm

15 ¾ × 55 ⅛ in

Media © Sweetwater 2025
Detail

Rhea Dillon

(now these here women you don’t have any _______ with. They deliver _____ ____ and with no ____.) Just like horses., 2023

Oil on canvas

40 × 140 cm

15 ¾ × 55 ⅛ in

Media © Sweetwater 2025
Detail

Rhea Dillon

(now these here women you don’t have any _______ with. They deliver _____ ____ and with no ____.) Just like horses., 2023

Oil on canvas

40 × 140 cm

15 ¾ × 55 ⅛ in

Artist Biography

Rhea Dillon (*1996, United Kingdom) lives and works in London.

Credits

Documentation by Joanna Wilk.