Out of the Drawers: Grasping

Anastasia Babenko, A Knife

Tristan Barnett, Repainted Doors

Tristan Barnett, Prism Through Living Room Window

Victoria Campagna, Premium trash can be recycled too

Victoria Campagna, Safe in heaven dead

Leah Freed, Breath Study 2

Leah Freed, Breath Study 91

Helen Jones, Yellow walls

Helen Jones, Door peek

Angel O'Brien, quelling speech, provoking

Shawn Records, Untitled, from the series Now is the Time

Shawn Records, Untitled, from the series Now is the Time

Brittany Walston, Untitled (From the series Bath of Light)

On view January 7–March 21, 2020

Curated by Yuyang Zhang. Photographs by Anastasia Babenko, Tristan Barnett, Victoria Campagna, Leah Freed, Helen Jones, Angel O’Brien, Shawn Records and Brittany Walston.

The human mind produces a secondary reality that feels surreal and ungrounded. Yet this secondary reality can reflect the real world we are living in: chaotic, lost, and depressing. Through subjects from unrecognizable figures to the impenetrable void, these photographs grasp the voice of melancholy deep inside our minds.

In order to provide more visibility for artists participating in our 2019 Pacific Northwest Drawers exhibition in the next room, we have turned our Library wall into a Drawers exhibition space. Exhibitions typically rotate every other month and feature prints by multiple artists at a time.