[amorpha]. march 2025 group show
​With an homage to František Kupka’s 1912 Amorpha, this group show focuses on (non-representational, non-objective, non-figurative) abstract art that leverages elements such as color, geometry, lines, shapes, space, sound, and/or movement to provide rich, unapologetic commentaries on contemporary life.
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On view from March 8 to March 29, the show features new original artworks by local and international artists: Alexa Pouzar, Alexandria Levin, Allison Hmura, Amanda Woods, Camryn Gulledge, Cindy Latimer, Daria Loi, Dawn Schneider, Georgina Downs, Jacqueline Myers-Cho, Joni Smith, Clive Knights, Laura Rota, Laurent Lejeune, Maguelonne Ival, Marc Sirinsky, Marion Wesson, Ottavia McHenry, Penina Finger, Reade Weber, Rebecca Sira and Wynter Jones.
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Artists were challenged to use their craft to communicate powerful sentiments in viewers, through artworks that provide rich, unapologetic commentaries on current issues, trajectories, or events – using any technique, style or medium.
The result is a collection of unique pieces inspired by deeply personal reflections. For example, while Texas-based Alexa Pouzar's "Finding balance" explores memory through the exploration of form, Tennessee-based Amanda Woods' piece titled "95 Problems... but this Bitch Ain't One" offers perspectives on addressing religious trauma. "About To Billow," a photographic print on Dura-Lar polyester film by Virginia-based Marc Sirinsky, narrates the beauty/decay dichotomy experienced around a local refinery. Miami-based Jacqueline Myers-Cho's "Finding the Calm" captures the delicate balance between chaos and calm, inviting reflection on the dualities we navigate daily. The ceramic wall sculpture "3+5 Möbius" by French artist Maguelonne Ival reflects on contemporary dichotomies (science and religion, body and mind, black and white, republican and liberal, male and female) and celebrates "a shape that dares us to be on both sides at the same time." With her piece titled "Entrainment," Oregon-based Rebecca Sira explores the phenomenon of entrainment (synchronization of two or more rhythms into a single, dominant pattern) to invite us to "reflect on synchronization with the world's rhythms and the consequences of aligning with dominant forces." Australian artist Georgina Downs created a piece that focuses on the "grace of musical law," that explores "the intricacies of counterpoint, harmony, musical color and balance through pattern and variations."
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