Shiny Brutal Meat - Coorain Devin

Practice Gallery is pleased to present Shiny Brutal Meat, an exhibition of new work by Coorain Devin. Patchwork banners and collages will be on display from:
July 10 - August 7, 2026, with receptions for the artist on:

First Friday, July 10th from 6-9 PM
and
First Friday August 7th from 6-9 PM

Coorain’s screenprints and photographs were printed on silk and cotton, and patchworked together with vinyl, and found fabrics to make banners.

Artist statement:

Everyday, a flooded zone. Things are built and things are burnt. I am delighted and I am horrified by my consumer choices. Nuance is lost and image is reality.

I tried to make sense of the textures of that image reality.

I took all of the textures that this moment is made of. I combined and ordered them to understand what is really happening in American culture. It’s so brutal and pretty and ugly and literally the most beautiful and terrible thing I can think of, but it’s all to much to even think of, a country, a culture, a government, a power beyond my comprehension. I can’t keep track of it all, but this is my best attempt.

The textures our moment is made of:

Plastic

Camouflage

Influencers

Hot dogs

Vinyl (perfect skin)

Heaven, paradise, clear skies and golden light

Digital print, pixels

Fake cheese

Burn, baby, burn (that oil, that world), flames

Warhol’s Marilyn Kardashian Monroe Boop

Discount bin, sales

Sterile, clean surfaces

Homemade blankets (plastic yarn)

Pesticides

Crispy golden fried

Photographic evidence

Shiny, shiny trinkets

Data augmented

Meat

Reality TV lighting

Hidden Fees

Silky polyester

Enhanced