Inka Essenhigh: The Greenhouse

Produced for the exhibition Inka Essenhigh: The Greenhouse at Victoria Miro, this special portfolio features nine loose-leaf UV gloss image plates of the exhibited paintings and an essay by George Saunders, the author of Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize and, most recently, a short story collection, Liberation Day. 

For Saunders, ‘The value of a master like Inka Essenhigh is… that she can assist us in the virtuous slowing-down of visual perception.’ He continues, ‘Essenhigh’s work, sacramentally, reminds me that most of the time I’m coasting, on perceptual autopilot. It says: “George, let me help you see better, with more acuity and less habituation. Let me help you expand the miracle of your awareness and become a more generous noticer. Try to know less. Stay with the not-knowing a little longer; it’s nice there”.’