Summary • Joy Machine in Chicago will open Speak of the Devil, a duet presentation of artworks by Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez • On view from August 9 through September 20, the exhibition brings together over 30 works rooted in the sisters's shared aesthetic sensibility and practices
Joy Machine is gearing up to present a duo show by Chicago-based artists and twins Haylie and Sydnie Jimenez, running from August 9 through September 20.
Drawing its title from the tongue-in-cheek saying, Speak of the Devil brings to mind the strange magic of manifestation — say their name, and they will appear. For Haylie and Sydnie, art making summons a similar act of conjuring.
With over 30 primarily ceramic works on view, the show spotlights the sisters's parallel practices and shared aesthetic, define