F e e l i n g W i t h o u t T o u c h i n g

Stanley Edmondson / Chantal Khoury / Vika Prokopaviciute / Moffat Takadiwa / Xinyan Wang

New York

October 19 – December 2, 2023

Press Release

PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH is a common refrain seen around paintings and sculptures in galleries and museums, yet while these works remain untainted by the fingers of the viewing public, we’ve all seduced and fondled them with our eyes. This is an intimate exhibition of artists whose work is so tactile, one can describe their haptic presence from sight alone.

 

Stanley Edmondson (b. 1962, Pasadena, CA) is a Los Angeles based artist whose singular ceramic based practice is deeply influenced by his close relationships to artists and mentors over the years such as Peter Voulkos, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, and his late father, Leonard Edmondson who was the Chairman of the Design Department at Otis Art Institute during California’s revolution in clay sculpture. Working predominantly with homemade clay, Edmondson embraces the Bauhaus practice of weaving craft with fine art and the technical challenges of fabrication. Recent exhibitions include Feeling Without Touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); Stanley's Circus, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2021, solo); Alchemy, Lefebvre et Fils, Paris (2018, solo); Clay for John Mason, South Willard, Los Angeles (2017, solo); Lifted Spirits, Los Angeles Arboretum, Arcadia (2015), and Outdoor Exhibition, Maloof Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga (2014). 

 

Chantal Khoury (b. 1986, New Brunswick, Canada) is of Lebanese descent and is based between Toronto and Montreal. She was recently honoured with the prestigious 2023 Joe Plaskett Award in Painting (a national accolade awarded to an outstanding Canadian painter), and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canadian Federation of University Women, and a spot in the ‘22/’23 RBC Emerging Artists Network at the Power Plant Contemporary Gallery. Permanent Collections include the Royal Bank of Canada, The Art Gallery of Guelph, and the University of New Brunswick, and notable exhibitions include Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Montreal (2023); Art Toronto (Canada’s Art Fair, 2023); Feeling Without Touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); I TIE THEM LOOSELY, Nicodim Annex, Los Angeles (2023, solo); I had the same thought, TAP Art Space, Montreal (2023, two-person exhibition); Holding Echoes, Michael Gibson Gallery, London (2022, solo); Cloth and Feather, Birch Contemporary, Toronto (2021, solo); Other People’s Gardens, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton (2020); Be/Longing, Gallery on Queen, New Brunswick (2018); Unstilled Egoes, University of New Brunswick (2014, solo). Khoury obtained her MFA from the University of Guelph (2021) and her BFA with Distinction from Concordia University
(2012).

 

Vika Prokopaviciute (b. 1983) is a Lithuanian-born painter based in Vienna. Her non-figurative paintings evolve from one canvas to the next, forming a network, a system. Each painting speculates on the previous one, offering another possible way to comprehend what we are looking at. The system adjusts itself during the painting process and leads to a highly associative, poetic, and dimensional image. Its painting space turns, bends, cuts open, zooms in and out, bringing our point of view into a state of constant flux. Recent exhibitions include Feeling Without Touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); Zero-sum, House of Spouse, Vienna (2023, solo); Terminus, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (2023); nEYEYEght, Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (2023); Van Look Award 2023: The Back Room, E-Werk, Freiburg (2023, solo); How exactly like the object, how beautiful! How exactly like the object, how ugly!, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (2022); Niche, Editorial, Vilnius (2022, solo); Odd Attractor, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius (2021); Pale Echo, NEVVEN, Gothenburg (2021, solo). 

Moffat Takadiwa (b. 1983, Karoi) lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe. Part of the postindependence generation of artists in Zimbabwe, Takadiwa has exhibited extensively across major institutions in Zimbabwe as well as internationally. Takadiwa also was a founder of Mbare Art Space in Harare where he plays a part in mentoring the growing artist community. Recent exhibitions include Feeling Without Touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); Zero Zero, Semiose, Paris (2023, solo); Vestiges of Colonialism, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (2023, solo); A Love Letter to LA, curated by Storm Ascher, Superposition Gallery, Phillips Auction House, Los Angeles (2023); Nous sommes tous des lichens, Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne – château de Rochechouart (2022); The Bull, Semiose, Paris (2022, solo); Brutalized Language, Nicodim, New York (2022, solo); Witch Craft: Rethinking Power, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles (2021, solo); This is Not Africa: Unlearn What You Have Learned, ARoS Museum, Denmark (2021); Mr. Foreman you havedestroyed the farm, Semiose, Paris, France (2021, solo); INXS: Never Before Seen Major Works by Simphiwe Ndzube, Moffat Takadiwa, Zhou Yilun, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Son of the Soil, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2019, solo); Thread., Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach (2019), and Stormy Weather, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands (2019). His work has been collected by Art Jameel Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto; Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Miami; CC Foundation, Shanghai; Centre National d’Art Plastique, Paris; Centro de Arte Oliva, S. João de Madeira, King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Ithaca Saudi Arabia; Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakesh; Roc Nation Collection, Los Angeles, and many others.

 

Xinyan Wang (b. 1995, Beijing) lives and works in Beijing, China. Xinyan Wang obtained her Bachelor’s degree in 2017 from China Central Academy of Fine Arts in the Oil Painting Department, during that time exchange studied in Zurich ZHdK in the New Media department. She earned a Master of Arts in Fourth Studio of Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2020. She is currently pursuing her second Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Drawing department. Recent exhibitions include Wang Xinyan, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles (2023, solo); Feeling Without Touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); Wang Xinyan: Archaeology of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Digital Age, Frieze London, Asia House (2019); On Innocence in Ancient Times, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (2018); In addition, her work has also been exhibited and collected by The Chile National Museum and Panama Museum of Contemporary.

Selected Works

Selected Works Thumbnails
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled, 2021

stoneware, glaze, myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata and volcanic rock medium

93.98h x 66.04w x 48.26d cm

37h x 26w x 19d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled, 2021

stoneware, glaze, myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata and volcanic rock medium

93.98h x 66.04w x 48.26d cm

37h x 26w x 19d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

55.88h x 30.48w x 12.70d cm

22h x 12w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

55.88h x 30.48w x 12.70d cm

22h x 12w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

50.80h x 33.02w x 12.70d cm

20h x 13w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

50.80h x 33.02w x 12.70d cm

20h x 13w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

38.10h x 25.40w x 50.80d cm

15h x 10w x 20d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

38.10h x 25.40w x 50.80d cm

15h x 10w x 20d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

30.48h x 25.40w x 30.48d cm

12h x 10w x 12d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

30.48h x 25.40w x 30.48d cm

12h x 10w x 12d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2022

glazed ceramic

50.80h x 25.40w x 12.70d cm

20h x 10w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2022

glazed ceramic

50.80h x 25.40w x 12.70d cm

20h x 10w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2022

glazed ceramic

50.80h x 20.32w x 12.70d cm

20h x 8w x 5d in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2022

glazed ceramic

50.80h x 20.32w x 12.70d cm

20h x 8w x 5d in

Chantal Khoury

Lace and Petals, 2023

oil on canvas

25.40h x 30.48w cm

10h x 12w in

Chantal Khoury

Lace and Petals, 2023

oil on canvas

25.40h x 30.48w cm

10h x 12w in

Chantal Khoury

Born of Lace, 2023

oil on canvas

60h x 48w in

152.40h x 121.92w cm

Chantal Khoury

Born of Lace, 2023

oil on canvas

60h x 48w in

152.40h x 121.92w cm

Chantal Khoury

Copper and Petals, 2023

oil on canvas

22.86h x 30.48w cm

9h x 12w in

Chantal Khoury

Copper and Petals, 2023

oil on canvas

22.86h x 30.48w cm

9h x 12w in

Chantal Khoury

She rises from the sea, holding her locks, 2023

oil on canvas

152.40h x 121.92w cm

60h x 48w in

Chantal Khoury

She rises from the sea, holding her locks, 2023

oil on canvas

152.40h x 121.92w cm

60h x 48w in

Vika Prokopaviciute

Posture, 2022

oil and acrylics on linen

200h x 130w cm

78.74h x 51.18w in

Vika Prokopaviciute

Posture, 2022

oil and acrylics on linen

200h x 130w cm

78.74h x 51.18w in

Vika Prokopaviciute

Hallway, 2023

oil and acrylic on linen

154h x 100w cm

60.63h x 39.37w in

Vika Prokopaviciute

Hallway, 2023

oil and acrylic on linen

154h x 100w cm

60.63h x 39.37w in

Vika Prokopaviciute

Mono-Patchwork, 2022

oil and acrylics on linen

200h x 130w cm

78.74h x 51.18w in

Vika Prokopaviciute

Mono-Patchwork, 2022

oil and acrylics on linen

200h x 130w cm

78.74h x 51.18w in

Moffat Takadiwa

Between the Lines, 2023

Computer keys, ball point caps, toothbrushes and cable clippers

170h x 170w x 15d cm

66.93h x 66.93w x 5.91d in

Moffat Takadiwa

Between the Lines, 2023

Computer keys, ball point caps, toothbrushes and cable clippers

170h x 170w x 15d cm

66.93h x 66.93w x 5.91d in

Moffat Takadiwa

Tagging the People (a), 2023

Computer and laptop keys, toothbrushes calculator keys, clothing tags

220h x 110w x 10d cm

86.61h x 43.31w x 3.94d in

Moffat Takadiwa

Tagging the People (a), 2023

Computer and laptop keys, toothbrushes calculator keys, clothing tags

220h x 110w x 10d cm

86.61h x 43.31w x 3.94d in

Moffat Takadiwa

Tagging the People (b), 2023

Computer and laptop keys, toothbrushes calculator keys, clothing tags

190h x 265w x 12d cm

74.80h x 104.33w x 4.72d in

Moffat Takadiwa

Tagging the People (b), 2023

Computer and laptop keys, toothbrushes calculator keys, clothing tags

190h x 265w x 12d cm

74.80h x 104.33w x 4.72d in

Xinyan Wang

Black gold 1 ⿊⾦ 1, 2023

oil on linen

200h x 300w cm

78.74h x 118.11w in

Xinyan Wang

Black gold 1 ⿊⾦ 1, 2023

oil on linen

200h x 300w cm

78.74h x 118.11w in

Xinyan Wang

Dream of the Forbidden City 紫禁城的梦, 2023

oil on linen

200h x 600w cm

79h x 236w in

Xinyan Wang

Dream of the Forbidden City 紫禁城的梦, 2023

oil on linen

200h x 600w cm

79h x 236w in

Stanley Edmondson

Untitled, 2021

stoneware, glaze, myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata and volcanic rock medium

93.98h x 66.04w x 48.26d cm

37h x 26w x 19d in
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

55.88h x 30.48w x 12.70d cm

22h x 12w x 5d in
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

50.80h x 33.02w x 12.70d cm

20h x 13w x 5d in
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

38.10h x 25.40w x 50.80d cm

15h x 10w x 20d in
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2023

stoneware, glaze

30.48h x 25.40w x 30.48d cm

12h x 10w x 12d in
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2022

glazed ceramic

50.80h x 25.40w x 12.70d cm

20h x 10w x 5d in
Stanley Edmondson

Untitled (Gigantor), 2022

glazed ceramic

50.80h x 20.32w x 12.70d cm

20h x 8w x 5d in
Chantal Khoury

Lace and Petals, 2023

oil on canvas

25.40h x 30.48w cm

10h x 12w in
Chantal Khoury

Born of Lace, 2023

oil on canvas

60h x 48w in

152.40h x 121.92w cm
Chantal Khoury

Copper and Petals, 2023

oil on canvas

22.86h x 30.48w cm

9h x 12w in
Chantal Khoury

She rises from the sea, holding her locks, 2023

oil on canvas

152.40h x 121.92w cm

60h x 48w in
Vika Prokopaviciute

Posture, 2022

oil and acrylics on linen

200h x 130w cm

78.74h x 51.18w in
Vika Prokopaviciute

Hallway, 2023

oil and acrylic on linen

154h x 100w cm

60.63h x 39.37w in
Vika Prokopaviciute

Mono-Patchwork, 2022

oil and acrylics on linen

200h x 130w cm

78.74h x 51.18w in
Moffat Takadiwa

Between the Lines, 2023

Computer keys, ball point caps, toothbrushes and cable clippers

170h x 170w x 15d cm

66.93h x 66.93w x 5.91d in
Moffat Takadiwa

Tagging the People (a), 2023

Computer and laptop keys, toothbrushes calculator keys, clothing tags

220h x 110w x 10d cm

86.61h x 43.31w x 3.94d in
Moffat Takadiwa

Tagging the People (b), 2023

Computer and laptop keys, toothbrushes calculator keys, clothing tags

190h x 265w x 12d cm

74.80h x 104.33w x 4.72d in
Xinyan Wang

Black gold 1 ⿊⾦ 1, 2023

oil on linen

200h x 300w cm

78.74h x 118.11w in
Xinyan Wang

Dream of the Forbidden City 紫禁城的梦, 2023

oil on linen

200h x 600w cm

79h x 236w in