Hunter Shaw Fine Art is pleased to present Ambergris, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles based interdisciplinary artist Ánima Correa. Ambergris consists of a dynamic installation of ten paintings and three sculptures, a flowing circuit alluding to the ten arms and three hearts of a squid. This subject appears throughout the works on view, providing an unlikely but apt lens through which the artist relates specifics of her own family history to greater geopolitical narratives, elucidating the complex interrelationship between extraction, surveillance, migration and technology.

Created and expelled from the bile duct in the intestines of sperm whales, ambergris is an organic compound formed around undigested squid beaks. Prized for its use in fragrances and cosmetics, ambergris is a resource that cannot be directly extracted. This waxy substance serves as an inspiration for the corrupted organic matter squeezing through Correa's sculptures. Criss-crossing the gallery space from floor to ceiling is a trio of large structures based on the submarine signal repeater cables that carry digital data across vast stretches of open sea. These works bring to light a critical conduit for telecommunications and geopolitical relationships that is usually invisible, submerged on the ocean floor. Network cables, dehydrated pacific kelp and mylar circuitry are tangled together in organized loops blending biomorphic and manufactured forms.