July 8 - August 29, 2026, Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 5:30pm
Modernism is pleased to present "Field Notes," a group exhibition featuring works by Elina Anatole, Michael Dweck, Damian Elwes, Peter Gutkin, Shawn Huckins, Naomie Kremer, Silvia Poloto, Victor Reyes and Sam Tchakalian.
"Field Notes" brings together nine gallery artists whose work is rooted in the act of observation. Across painting, sculpture, photography and works on paper, the exhibition presents varied responses to encounters with place, natural phenomena and organic forms. Together, these works reflect the enduring practice of looking closely at the world and translating observation into visual expression.
Damian Elwes' painting of Pablo Picasso's studio at Rue de la Boetie exemplifies observation translated through research and reconstruction. Drawing upon photographs, archival materials, literary sources and site visits, Elwes meticulously reimagines historic artist studios that no longer exist. Sam Tchakalian's [1929-2004] "Gold Rush" similarly distills a landscape of the past into visual form. Victor Reyes's large-scale geometric painting reflects decades spent absorbing the visual language of urban space.
Several works focus on the observation of natural phenomena, like Elina Anatole's painting of a woman emerging from water, capturing a fleeting interaction between body and environment, recording the behavior of water as it carries strands of hair across its surface. Peter Gutkin's sculptures and works on paper draw upon observations of celestial phenomena. Shawn Huckins's painting "War Cloud Behind Sheer Curtain" was inspired by the orange glow cast across the artist's home by smoke from Canadian wildfires, transforming an observed environmental event into an image that reflects both its physical reality and its mediated experience. Michael Dweck's photographs place the figure within water, foliage and natural light, emphasizing moments of encounter between the human body and the landscape.
OPENING RECEPTION WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 6-8PM
Free
Presented by MODERNISM INC..