Tacita Dean Trial of the Finger

Trial of the Finger presents new and recent works by Tacita Dean, including the 35mm film installations Paradise and Geography Biography, and a new 16mm film, Sidney Felsen decorates an Envelope. The exhibition also features chalk and slate drawings, Polaroid works, and works on glass. The title references Dr. Samuel Johnson’s critique of the Metaphysical poets and reflects Dean’s sustained engagement with analog processes and embodied systems of measure.