Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present Intersecting Selves, a group exhibition featuring Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Amir H. Fallah, Wendell Gladstone, Julie Henson, Ellen Lesperance, Ebony G. Patterson, and Tori Wrånes.
Each of the artists in Intersecting Selves considers the body as a barrier between the mind and the outside world. Recognizing our competing desire for privacy and awareness, and the often thin boundary that intersects our public and private selves, these artists dictate what gets revealed, to whom, and on what terms. From the quietly personal to the urgently political, each artist engages with depictions of the body while withholding crucial information and context. In doing so, they maintain a position of power and restraint over the viewer and, simultaneously, beckon for a closer engagement.
The exhibiting artists of Intersecting Selves—which takes its name from one of Gladstone’s paintings in the exhibition—evoke various strategies of representation. These artists utilize self-portraiture, employ avatars, and appropriate archival imagery to trouble the distance between the viewer and their subject. Bodies become draped in fabrics, lost in costume, and abstracted through the various mediums exhibited, including photography, collage, painting, and fibers.
