Speedwell Contemporary presents an online exhibition, “Let Me Paint A Thank-You On My Palm,” on view through Feb. 28.
Selected from the gallery’s semi-annual open call, the 10 artists featured in the exhibition contemplate the many-faceted definitions of renewal. Each holds a sense of fluidity and self reflection. The ceramic works of Cee & She and Bethany Engstrom are a haptic reminder of the potential of clay and the metaphors of rebuilding and evolution that the material brings forth. Similarly, Siri Kaur and Rosamond Gross’s photographs capture fresh potential and a sense of kinship. Abstracted works by Gabriella D’Italia, Jessica Gandolf and Keri Kimura elicit a sense of transformative energy through the marks they make and forms they paint. Sarah Haskell, Maya Kuvaja and Martha Miller find their senses of renewal in the celestial and the mysterious: renewal can be a plunge into the unknown. As we enter the early months of this new year, this collection of works offers perspectives on re-affirming, re-growing and re-centering.
The title of the exhibition is derived from Anne Sexton’s poem “Welcome Morning.”
View the exhibition at www.speedwellprojects.com/current-exhibitions.
