RIPE is a solo exhibition of new works by Zoe Potter that considers the ways in which aging, time, and the aesthetics of beauty materialize in her mind. Motivated by her feminine experience and the impacts of the male gaze, the works in this exhibition confront ripeness as an allusion to inherent fragility.

Something ripe is to be consumed—an active, unfolding product of time that offers us an invitation to either devour or discard, to dissect or disown. The vulnerability of a ripe object places it on a pedestal to be perceived, objectified and consumed. What is ripe reflects the fragility of beauty and time under the patriarchy. We are only ripe for so long. 

Throughout this exhibition, materiality emphasizes the products of objectification. Glass succumbs to gravity, caught in time, pinched and pulled. Bronze flies and ants scatter the walls, hunting impending decay. Latex deteriorates, threatening the support of delicate objects, and a steel spider-like figure hangs from the ceiling, looming above. 

Together, the works in this exhibition ask the viewer to consider what happens once ripe becomes rotten.