The Gallery at Leica Store San Francisco is honored to welcome back artist Mark de Paola for his third solo exhibition, A Stab At Heaven. This evocative project is inspired by the true story of 18-year-old Ema McKie, who, upon learning of her fiancé’s suicide, sets off on a cross-country journey with a stolen car and a gun to fulfill a pact the two once made. As Ema navigates the depths of grief, her descent into madness becomes a search for truth and ultimately, a path home.
A Stab At Heaven will be released as a feature film and is coming soon.
Who am I? Well if I told you that, what would be the point of all this? I’m taking
you somewhere. It’s not a kidnapping, but also I didn’t ask your permission.
So I’m leaving, and it’s not on the next train. I’m being propelled by something I
can’t see that I know too well. The quiet thing in your chest that keeps you from
speaking, but it’s of such personal importance that you must do something about
it. And if I could say, I love you now, I love you now…and now in the void that is
where I think I’ll find you.
- Ema McKie