









Beyond Identity
Beyond Identity
July 23 -September 1, 2022
Jessica Silverman is pleased to announce the group exhibition Beyond Identity on view from July 23 to September 1, 2022, featuring the work of Julie Buffalohead, Nick Cave, Theresa Chromati, Duggie Fields, Loie Hollowell, Lila de Magalhaes, and GaHee Park. Comprising sumptuous painting and bold sculpture, the show explores the body, physical affection, and the fluidity of corporeal connection. Together, the works find joy in our mammalian roots and unexpected intimacies. They share diverse jouissances that skirt around the confining social rules of sex and gender, seeking nothing less than bodily autonomy and romantic freedom. A new performance by Sebastian Hernández will take place on Saturday, August 20, 5–6PM at the gallery.
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SELECTED WORKS

Rescue, 2014
Mixed media including ceramic birds, metal flowers, ceramic Bassett Hound, and vintage settee
70 x 50 x 40 inches
177.8 x 127 x 101.6 cm

Rescue, 2013
Mixed media including ceramic birds, metal flowers, ceramic Poodle, and antique harness maker
84 x 45 x 48 inches
213.4 x 114.3 x 121.9 cm


Couple in a Field, 2022
Oil on canvas
68 x 60 x 2 inches
172.7 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm

Dream with Still Life, 2022
Oil on canvas
41 x 34 x 2 inches
104.1 x 86.4 x 5.1 cm
ARTIST BIO
Commanding both pattern and texture, paintings by GaHee Park place her subjects in tension with their flattened environments. Couple in a Field (2022) is a clever inversion of traditional portraiture, showing a voyeuristic scene of a naked heterosexual couple merging with each other to become one. Dream with Still Life (2022) probes the labor involved in feminized self-imaging; the subject’s head rests on a table, tired and smiling, repelling any concrete or finalized interpretation from the viewer’s gaze.


The Womb of Worth, 2022
Oil on canvas
Overall: 44 x 92 1/2 inches
111.8 x 235 cm


The Rabbit Hole, 2022
Oil on canvas
Overall: 40 x 59 1/2 inches
101.6 x 151.1 cm

Rebirth, 2022
Oil on canvas
52 x 84 1/4 inches
132.1 x 214 cm

It Takes all of Me to Stand ( Woman with Her Many Selves ), 2022
Acrylic, glitter, and soft sculpture on canvas
Overall: 20 x 142 x 7 inches
50.8 x 360.7 x 17.8 cm

Unplumbed Vibrations — Currents that Guide, Currents that Pull ( Her Reach is Wide and the Catch is Full ), 2022
Acrylic, glitter, and soft sculpture on canvas, steel and aluminum
Overall: 87 3/4 x 88 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches
222.9 x 224.8 x 32.4 cm


BALL OF CONFUSION, 1993
Acrylic on canvas
80 1/4 x 55 7/8 x 1 inches
204 x 142 x 2.5 cm

CIRCULAR CIRCULATION, 1994
Acrylic on canvas
35 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 3/4 inches
91 x 91 x 2 cm

12, 4, 7 and 10, 2022
Oil paint, acrylic medium, aqua resin, and epoxy resin on linen over panel
28 x 28 x 3 inches
71.1 x 71.1 x 7.6 cm

Around the Clock, 2022
Oil paint, acrylic medium, aqua resin, and epoxy resin on linen over panel
21 x 21 x 3 inches
53.3 x 53.3 x 7.6 cm

Eclipse, 2021
Oil on aqua resin cast in linen covered frame
21 x 21 x 5 inches
53.3 x 53.3 x 12.7 cm
12, 4, 7 and 10, 2022
Oil paint, acrylic medium, aqua resin, and epoxy resin on linen over panel
28 x 28 x 3 inches
71.1 x 71.1 x 7.6 cm
Around the Clock, 2022
Oil paint, acrylic medium, aqua resin, and epoxy resin on linen over panel
21 x 21 x 3 inches
53.3 x 53.3 x 7.6 cm
Eclipse, 2021
Oil on aqua resin cast in linen covered frame
21 x 21 x 5 inches
53.3 x 53.3 x 12.7 cm
ARTIST BIO
Lila de Magalhaes’s delicately dyed and embroidered stretched textiles depict tender cosmologies. Psychedelic and celestial, her compositions are part Hieronymus Bosch, part Fantasia, where writhing insects, mammals and plants mischievously intertwine in cosmic menageries. De Magalhaes’s pale palette and gauzy lines veil any obscenity and heighten the works’ spirited fairytale quality.
On Saturday, August 20, Sebastian Hernández will present a new performance at the gallery in conjunction with the exhibition. Wielding a multidisciplinary approach ranging from movement, to sculpture, to photography, their work investigates the social hegemonies of the visible through queer Mexican and Chicano narratives.
