RISE 2018!

It means, to emerge – artists in this show are surfacing through political and nonpolitical concepts on canvas, paper, other platforms. Rise is the orbiting of the sun or moon. Rise is the ocean reclaiming the land each evening or how ash from fire darkens the sky. Or how children grow like corn. Or rents double in Dumbo. President Trump ’s political rise and the fear or favor people may have with his ascension. Rise means to emerge, not always from or for something beautiful. Rise befits attention – always.

–Rob Redding, Nicolette Reim