……"In Praise of Shadows”… (essay on Japanese aesthetics by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, first appeared in “Some Prefer Nettles”, originally published in 1933 in Japanese, english in 1977)

"And so it has come to be that the beauty of a Japanese room depends on a variation of shadows, heavy shadows against light shadows — it has nothing else. Westerners are amazed at the simplicity of japanese rooms, perceiving in them no more than ashen walls bereft of ornament. ..”

….” we delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them,….”

As the (exhibition takes place in private premises: COVID-19 Preventative Measures: it is required full vaccination proof to be sent before visit and masks for all visitors)

Participating Artists:

Renate Aller (Studio: Soho, New York), Stephen Antonakos Studio (New York), Hope Atherton (Studio: Harlem, New York), Agnes Barley (Studio: New York), Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias (Studio: Munich, Germany) , Venia Dimitrakopoulou (Studio: Athens & Aegina Island, Greece), Shirine Gill (Studio: New York), Ashley Keeper (Studio: Brooklyn, New York - Tulum, Mexico), Everett Kennedy Brown (Studio: Kyoto, Japan), Michelle Yi Martin (Studio: San Francisco, California), Jenny Min (Studio: West Village, New York), A.V Ryan (Studio: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York), Panos Tsagaris (Studio: Brooklyn, New York), Alexandros Tzannis (Studio: Athens, Greece), Karin Waisman (Studio: Long Island & Bridgehampton, New York