01 What Waited to Be Seen
An invented self in Victorian blue, color that sat in the dark for fifty years, a room built for refuge. A Chelsea afternoon about the work that had to wait for its moment.
Some work arrives late — not because it wasn’t ready, but because the world wasn’t ready to look. Mary Sibande builds an alter ego in billowing Victorian blue, a domestic worker’s daughter dreaming herself into the robes history denied her; the figure is invented precisely to make visible what went unseen. That thread runs through the whole walk. Frank Paulin’s street photographs waited half a century to be shown in color, a life’s work surfacing only now. ’Solace’ gathers eighteen artists around rest and refuge, insisting — in a turbulent moment — that stillness is worth making room for. Together the shows ask a quiet, stubborn question: what does it take for work to finally be seen, and who decides when the looking begins?
- 01Frank PaulinBruce Silverstein Gallery · 529 W. 20th StreetCloses Sep 3
- 02Brian AlfredMiles McEnery Gallery · 515 West 22nd StreetCloses Aug 14
- 03SolaceDC Moore Gallery · 535 West 22nd StreetCloses Jul 17
- 04Luxury as LegacyDavid Krut Projects · 526 West 26th StreetCloses Jul 25
- 05Danielle FretwellOlney Gleason · 297 Tenth AvenueCloses Jul 17
Luxury as Legacy
Deep dive in progress - who/what/why/connection coming from Lude.
Solace
Deep dive in progress - who/what/why/connection coming from Lude.
Brian Alfred
Deep dive in progress - who/what/why/connection coming from Lude.
Frank Paulin
Deep dive in progress - who/what/why/connection coming from Lude.
Danielle Fretwell
Deep dive in progress - who/what/why/connection coming from Lude.