Official Welcome is proud to announce Body Shop, a solo exhibition of new works by Beverly Semmes (b. Washington D.C.) opening at the gallery on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Body Shop includes several new works that combine large soft bodices in faux fur, velvet, and other materials with pairs of slippers ranging from Versace driving moccasins and Gucci fur lined horse-bit scuffs to Ugg brand fuzzy house shoes. Assembled on the wall, the bodice greets the viewer at about eye level. The slippers would be standing on the breasts of the implied figures, if the works were on the floor, the implied figure lying down, and such a stance therefore probable or possible. Mounted as they are on the wall, the slippers slip in their possible meaning – they protrude from the flat surface, like breasts. They’re consumer objects of varying size, shape, and quality, like so many augmented body parts– keeping the viewer in this space almost satisfied, always maintaining that little bit of desire.
