Personal Space opening “Folds” Sunday Jan 26, 2-5pm
Folds
January 26 – March 9, 2025
Curated by Emmy Scharlatt and Lisa Rybovich Crallé
Opening Reception: Sunday January 26, 2-5pm. Beverages & music by Village
Film screening and public program at Winslow House on February 16. Stay tuned for more info
Folds emerges from the work of three late, iconic feminist artists (Laura Aguilar, Ana Mendieta, and Hannah Wilke) whose connection to the landscape and the body has deeply inspired an intergenerational scope of artists active today. Traversing a range of disciplines including photography, video, sculpture, drawing, and performance, this expansive cohort builds upon their predecessors’ legacies through the varied lenses of physical and environmental health, illness, disability, gender oppression, cultural hybridity, and spirituality. The visceral, emotional, and undeniably sensual qualities of many of the works are amplified through a shared embrace of the paradoxical; they are at once vulnerable and resilient; serious and humorous; devastating and celebratory; present and absent; seen and unseen. Collectively, and across time, these artists suggest that perhaps their true power lies within the folds of what they choose not to reveal to us.
Featuring works by:
Laura Aguilar
Indira Allegra
Irma Yuliana Barbosa
Tamara Blackshear
Liz Hernández
Xandra Ibarra
Cathy Lu
Ana Mendieta
Nasim Moghadam
Jaklin Romine
Hannah Wilke
Sandie Yi
Organizer
Personal Space is an artist-run gallery in Vallejo, CA founded by Lisa Rybovich Crallé. Since July 2023, our exhibitions and programs present work by emerging, under recognized, and mid-career artists. The gallery’s back room offers works on paper, artist books, t-shirts, sculptures, and artist editions.