Swing and Sway: Andrea Bianconi, Joe Davidson, Preston Gaines, Robert Kelly, Joe Mancuso, Julie Mehretu, Eduardo Portillo, Teresa Serrano, Steven Steinman, Adam Stępień

Barbara Davis Gallery is pleased to present Swing and Sway, a group exhibition including international, national, and mid-career artists opening Friday, March 7, 2025 from 6PM to 8:30PM.

Andrea Bianconi

Joe Davidson

Preston Gaines

Robert Kelly

Joe Mancuso

Julie Mehretu

Eduardo Portillo

Teresa Serrano

Steven Steinman

Adam Stępień

Swing and Sway meanders the line of fabricated and organic forms, both of which rouse hints of the natural world. A dynamic exchange between the ideas of paintings and sculptures unfolds, where contrasts—harmony and discord, structure and fluidity—create a visual dialogue that invites viewers to explore, pause, and engage with the shifting relationships between form, texture, and space—evoking the sensation of a voyage with oneself.

This exhibition waltzes with frontiers: from tangible earth to new echelons of matter; developing an intimacy with the unknown and wooing theses out of the drivel to mold into substantial stanzas. Poetic beats train in tandem with steps of a gestured stroke. Movement becomes a natal byproduct of the affair.

The work concerns textures interweaving connections and separations. The threads of community are explored through tactile sensations that inform the human experience of inquisitive wandering. Forms shift as one moves about them, encouraging a breakaway from rigid patterns of viewing. The implications of a subject are altered by a conscious reconsideration of intended perspectives.