EVERYDAY MAGIC: ARTISTIC/GNOSTIC IMPULSES
Organized by Rebecca Goyette and Jenny Mushkin Goldman
Presented at The National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
March 2 - April 27, 2021
Everyday Magic: Artistic/Gnostic Impulses considers how artists and spiritual practitioners use ritual as a catalyst for social change, personal transformation, and alchemy, both metaphysically and corporeally. The exhibition explores the inherent power generated with artistic creation and how ritual allows the artist to claim or reclaim sovereignty. Many of the artists presented identify as spiritualists, whereas others have an awareness of magic and spiritual practices related to their work. For some, ritual is self-invented, made necessary by personal experience.
Everyday Magic encounters a global pandemic and a multitude of crises that have exacerbated social and economic inequities. Through forging artistic bonds, sharing expression, and ritual, we move from isolation to community, seeking safer ways to come together. This exhibition provides an opportunity for the viewer to engage with various interactive rituals on one’s own, creating an individual cathartic experience within a communal dialogue.
Artists: Jaishri Abichandani, Courtney Alexander, Clarina Bezzola, Jesse Bransford, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Rebecca Goyette, Alejandro Guzmán, Clarity Haynes, Elizabeth Insogna, Aaron Johnson, Alexis Karl, Staver Klitgaard, Tamara Kostianovsky, L., Qinza Najm, Lina Puerta, Sahana Ramakrishnan, Kenya (Robinson), João Salomão, Trish Tillman, and Kay Turner.