Amy Turnbull - Portraits of Perception
In Amy Turnbull’s new solo-exhbition, Portraits of Perception, discordance and cohesion strive for attention in a dynamic mirroring of contemporary culture. Alternating between representations of faces with cell phones and abstract geometric spirals, the exhibition evokes the distortions of contemporary digital media, simultaneously as it suggests currents of an underlying order. The contrast and synthesis of these two bodies of paintings forms the crux of Portraits of Perception. In figurative works, warped faces appear with cell phones, incrementally twisting together and merging in apparent self-absorption. In these works, cell phones repeat as fractals, multiplying reflections and simplifying content in successive iterations. On view through August 29.
Hannah Theiss - Invite the Cloud In
Simultaneously disorienting and exhilarating, Hannah Theiss’ new exhibition uses tapestry assemblages of warped plastic, netting, sting, and wood to approach the paradoxic freedom of loss. Invite the Cloud In navigates this strange landscape of separation through Theiss’ unique visual language as it finds a synthesis of emotion and material aesthetic. Extending out of her previous work in Qualia (2025), Invite the Cloud In continues Theiss’ exploration of the emotional potentiality of weight and transparency. Confronting the liminal space of mental processing, Theiss responds with complex structures of overlapping opacities which mimic the distortions of feeling that accompany trauma. On view through August 29.
Michael Knutson - SPRING 1974
Drawn from an early collection of work by Michael Knutson, SPRING 1974 presents a picture of the contemporary abstract painter in flux. Prefacing his later embrace of ambiguous geometric forms and spaces, this selection of five watercolors gives viewers insight both into a pivotal point of inflection for Knutson, as well as entrance into ongoing dialogue between representation and abstraction. Drawing inspiration from William Harnett’s 19th century trompe l’oeil paintings and Giorgio Morandi’s existential still lifes, Knutson’s watercolors extend technique into abstraction by presenting the three dimensional illusion of mysterious and strangely familiar objects. In this exploration of the relationship between object and image, Knutson references moments of lauded 20th century artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Jasper Johns. Midpoint in transition, a rawness and curiosity is present in these early works that offers viewers an intriguing glimpse into both the future and the past. On view through August 29.
