Jocko Weyland
Lantau Elk Cat
Everybody
101 W. 6th Street, Studio Q, Tucson, AZ 85701
January 27 – February 26, 2017
Reception: January 27, 7-10 pm

Friday, January 27, Everybody opens Lantau Elk Cat, a solo exhibition by artist, writer, and curator Jocko Weyland. The exhibition is an expansion on a photograph by the artist: Weyland explains, “It starts with a photograph I took of an Elk tag I had done on Lantau, an island in Hong Kong, in 2008. I did the tag and about an hour later walked by and the cat was there and I took the picture which went on to be a sort of personal/Elk talisman for me.” In the exhibition at Everybody, Weyland has used the photograph as a point of departure for painting and sculpture.

Under the moniker Elk, Weyland produces a zine and publishes books; he previously ran a gallery in Brooklyn (Elk Gallery) before becoming chief curator at MOCA Tucson. In 2015, SFAQ [Projects] published Sweatingelktears, a collaboration between Weyland (Elk) and Reneé French (Sweatingtears).
 

Installation view, Lantau Elk Cat, Jocko Weyland at Everybody, Tucson, 2017. Courtesy of Everybody.

Jocko Weyland, Lantau Elk Cat, 2008. Courtesy of Everybody.

Jocko Weyland, Lantau Elk Cat, 2016. Courtesy of Everybody.

Jocko Weyland, Lantau Elk Cat, 2013. Courtesy of Everybody.

Jocko Weyland, Lantau Elk Cat, 2013. Courtesy of Everybody.