Give Me Light Art Opening

Give Me Light, curated by Isaac Vazquez-Avila, marks the first in a series of artist-curated exhibitions* that invites an artist to gather the work of the creative forces behind their present thinking. Vazquez-Avila notes the act of walking as an integral part of his practice, a moving meditation that allows him to take in the unfolding of life and to process its cacophony and distraction. The matrix of artists he’s culled together here offer a similar salve. Together they function like a kaleidoscopic prism on reality that at once fractures and brings into focus the sensory elements of moving through space. Themes of pattern, intimacy, exploration, and unlearning give way to a kind of magic less tethered to reality. Their play with the illusion of realness taps into modes of making that elevate the intuitive and the personal as their primary points of departure.

*Present Company is an ongoing series of artist-curated exhibitions that seeks to pull back the curtain on the artistic process. An invitation, a gesture, a portrait of an artist through other artists–these capsule shows offer a unique lens on the personal connections, histories, and myriad ways of working that inform and inspire an artist’s work.