For Guérin, her canvases - measuring 14 x 11 inches and 20 x 16 inches - are a breeding ground for disparate forms that congest the picture plane, suffusing it with palpable,
irresolvable narratives and possibilities.
The exhibition takes its title from an early unpublished manuscript of a comedic novel by Karl Marx, Scorpion and Felix, in which three characters Merten, the tailor; Scorpion, his son; and Felix, his chief apprentice, engage in a satirical
narrative that abstractly references
irresolvable philosophical polemics.