KID

A young girl wearing a pink jacket, purple boots, and a blue backpack walking through a leaf-covered wooded area in late fall or winter.

Kid is something i can offer her, like a cat offering a mouse. Sometimes sad songs have happy lyrics, but sometimes happy songs have sad lyrics. The images are made to be felt as much as they are seen.

Kid is a multi-media installation exploring how images are mediated through intimate relationships. Featuring kinetic elements, tactile photographs, and scent, the exhibit considers how photography offers the very building blocks of our current physical and social world. Set in the wilds of NJ suburbia, the artist shares images that document his relationship with a young girl who he is helping raise to underscore the fragility and sweetness within everyday rituals. Kid is Muhlin's final member show with Vox Populi which builds upon and concludes his previous series of exhibitions/book output, including Guilty Pleasures and Sleeve On My Heart.

Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia PA 2018

KID

A young girl with brown hair wearing a pink sleeveless top crouches on green grass beside a line of orange carrots growing in the ground and a large leafy bush.
Cover tof the book "Kid" Cherry blossom tree with pink flowers and sunlight shining through.
A young girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a turquoise shirt and multiple rings, holding her hands to her face with painted nails
White and light purple small flowers covering the ground in a garden bed.
Child lying face down in the snow wearing a pink winter jacket, pink pants, patterned gloves, and dark blue boots
A gray cat sitting inside a cardboard box being held open by two people's hands, with one person wearing colorful striped socks.

KID

Press

Essay

by Roksana Filipowska

A close-up view of a colorful, abstract painting or print on a wall.

Essay

by Roksana Filipowska

Gray and white cat sitting against a black background, looking to the side.

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Sky filled with clouds with the word 'Kid' in large green letters and 'Jay Muhlin' in smaller blue letters overlaying the clouds.
Blue silhouette of a rabbit.

Opening Spread of Gallery Photobook

A young girl with long hair in a pink tank top and black pants is kneeling on green grass, focused on something in the grass in front of her.
Child holding a large paper drawing of a face with curly hair, glasses, and an open mouth, in front of a black background with a colorful toy figure resembling a potato with a green hat and glasses nearby.
A young girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes holding a pink teapot on a tray decorated with grapes, strawberries, carrots, and a small bowl, dressed in a white dress with puffed sleeves, standing against a beige wall.
A young girl with long blonde hair wearing a pink jacket and patterned skirt, standing outdoors in front of a lush green bush, looking down and inspecting a small stick or twig she is holding.
Close-up of a spider on its web against a black background.
Withered, dead potted plant with brown, dried leaves and wilted flowers in a black container against a plain background.
An airplane flying in a cloudy sky during sunset, with orange clouds and dark clouds, and power lines crossing the lower part of the image.
A black and white cat yawning while sitting on a pile of books in front of a green window.

Gallery Copy 2018

A hardcover book with a colorful floral cover featuring pink blossoms and green leaves.
Silhouette of an airplane flying across a pink and purple sky
Inflatable balloons of a penguin and a frog
A young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes peeking over the edge of a large wicker basket, with only her eyes and part of her forehead visible, against a plain wall background.

KID