It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World

Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:00 PM 12:00
Saturday, December 7, 2019 6:00 PM 18:00

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Image: Lindsey Wolkowicz, Conceal Compose 1 (L), Maya Ciarrocchi, From Lithuania to Liverpool (Dov Bear) (C), Daniel Maidman, Saint Rebecca (R) — Image: Lindsey Wolkowicz, *Conceal Compose 1* (L), Maya Ciarrocchi, *From Lithuania to Liverpool (Dov Bear)* (C), Daniel Maidman, *Saint Rebecca* (R)

**It Could Be You:*Portraiture in a Constructed World***

Featured Artists:

Jamie Adams
Fielding Archer
Kelly Birkenruth
Tyler Bohm
Trudy Borenstein-Sugiura
Ryan Brown
Maya Ciarrocchi
Gregory Climer
Patricia Fabricant
Brooks Frederick
Judith Gresh
Cornelia Hernes
Amy Hill
Natalie Italiano
Young Min Koh
Pia Ledy
Liz Lindstrom
Daniel Maidman

Hyeseung Marriage-Song
Miguel Malagon
Allison Maletz
Juliet Martin
Traci Wright Martin
Gregory Mortensen
Mary Morvant
Gilbert Oh
Linnea Paskow
Leah Poller
Andrew Cornell Robinson
Toni Silber-Delerive
Burton Silverman
Matt Talbert
Jesse Thompson
Alexandra Tyng
Patricia Watwood
Lindsey Wolkowicz

A Group Exhibition Juried by Hyeseung Marriage-Song, Beverly McNeil, and Patricia Watwood

Equity Gallery Exhibition:

Thurs., November 14th – Sat., December 7th ;

Opening Reception, Thurs. November 14th, 6 – 8 PM

Equity Gallery, 245 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Friday, 11 AM—6 PM and Saturday and Sunday, 12 PM—6 PM

Free Events:

Events are free and open to the public. Space however is limited. Kindly RSVP to info@nyartistsequity.org or call +1 (931) 410. 0020

Salon Sanguine

Classic Red Chalk Portrait Demo with Dan Thompson; Sat., Nov. 16th , 3 – 6 PM

@ Equity Gallery

The Perfect Gift

Professional artists and gallery representatives will present a “how to” seminar on commissioning a family or institutional portrait; Sun., Nov. 24th , 2 – 4 PM
@ Equity Gallery

Eastman Holiday Duet

Sarah Song and Barak Shossberger, a classic string duet, playing original compositions; Sat., Nov. 30th , 3 – 5PM
@ Equity Gallery

Intimate Sargent*

Museum tour of John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal with curator Laurel Peterson and Peter Trippi, Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur; Fri., Dec. 6th, 5:30 - 6:30 PM

@ The Morgan Library and Museum 225 Madison (@ 36th St.) NYC

*Advanced reservations required. RSVP to info@nyartistsequity.org or call +1 (931) 410. 0020

*with Laurel Peterson, Exhibition Curator and Peter Trippi, Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur__________________________________________________________________

Equity Gallery is pleased to present It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World, a comprehensive group exhibition of contemporary portraiture juried by Hyeseung Marriage-Song, Beverly McNeil, and Patricia Watwood. The show features 30+ international multidisciplinary artists whose artwork explores both the purpose and limits of portraiture, identity, and the self in the modern digital age.

Somewhere between the introduction of cheap camcorders and the proliferation of smart phones we became distrustful of our body’s ability to mediate directly with the physical world. To a large extent we have exchanged the sensual perceptions emanating from our surroundings for simulated experiences that mitigate reality through camera lenses and digitalized imagery. Once understood to be aide-mémoirs of life’s lived experiences, the media is reality—a reality comprising instantly sharable content validated or refuted by social media emojis.

That’s a risky way to construct one’s universe. How can we hope to fix an identity, let alone one informed by ethical principles, on a mutating digital stage that is subject to the whims of marketing algorithms and bots on a mission? Given present conditions, it’s no wonder that our instinct to ascertain “what’s real” has devolved into an addicting stalk for pleasure hits that never quite satiate an appetite weaned on spectacle.

That said, can we stake out what is abiding, true and stable about us and our fellows? In an increasingly alarming and chaotic era, art that depicts what is actually there and recognizable is defiant---and nothing could be more necessary and reassuring at the moment than simply showing what we actually look like (and mean) to each other.

It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World will take place at Equity Gallery from November 14th —December 7th and will have a second run at Portraits, Inc. in Birmingham, AL from January 23rd—February 20th.