Emily Peacock, “Tender Burden,” 2025, archival inkjet print, 18 x 12 inches
From Seven Sisters:
“Babycakes, Emily Peacock’s second exhibition at Seven Sisters, inhabits an uneasy space where humor, grief, and everyday ritual collide. Set against soft, slightly nostalgic backdrops — velvety drapery and pastel surfaces that echo birthday parties, family photographs, and institutional waiting rooms — Peacock stages small, irreverent acts that test the limits of sentimentality. A middle finger presses into a frosted cake; an ashtray overflows with cigarettes and dead butterflies. Elsewhere, tufts of baby’s breath, a baby bird, and a tress of hair linger. In a nearby video, a marshmallow slowly burns. Each image unfolds as a vignette in which sweetness and sorrow exist in equal measure.”
