Image courtesy of Megan Mueller. Flyer design by Crystal Dawana

Apostrophe

December 3, 2023 - January 21, 2024

Opening Reception: Sunday Dec 3, 2-5pm. Beverages & music generously provided by Village

Featuring works by: Rebeca Bollinger, Conrad Guevara, Kendall Henderson, Bessie Kunath, Megan Mueller, Amy Nathan, Gay Outlaw, Helia Pouyanfar, and Lucy Puls.

Personal Space is pleased to present its third exhibition, Apostrophe. Drawing inspiration from the title’s connotations of fragmenting and condensing language, as well as its suggestion of possession, the nine artists presented here collect traces of memory. Their poetic, and often mysterious, tendencies capture fragments to suggest a whole, rendering and recording aspects of human vulnerability, identity, and intimacy through a mix of photography, sculpture, painting, and collage. In doing so, these works act as open-ended observations that prioritize the absence of a subject, inviting the viewer to complete the story. 

The exhibition includes two works as part of Personal Space’s ongoing New Works series: a poem by Mihee Kim and the gallery’s rotating exterior sign space by Amy Nathan.

Image Credit: Bessma Khalaf and Jordan Benton. Personal Space, Vallejo, CA 2023.