The Amber of this Moment

Ángeles Agrela / Isabelle Albuquerque / Jeanine Brito / Devon DeJardin / Æmen Ededéen (Joshua Hagler) / Liang Fu / Devin B. Johnson / Chantal Khoury / Rae Klein / Eliška Konečná / Teresa Murta / Katherina Olschbaur / Jorge Peris / Thania Petersen

Bucharest

June 26 – August 9, 2025

Ángeles Agrela

Fiona, 2025

acrylic and pencil on paper

20 1/2 x 17 in
52 x 43 cm

Ángeles Agrela

Nieves, 2025

acrylic and pencil on paper

20 1/2 x 17 in
52 x 43 cm

Isabelle Albuquerque

Summertime Sadness, 2024

bronze, silver nitrate, fire red human hair 

4 x 10 x 31 in
10 x 25 x 79 cm

Ed. 1/3 + 2AP

Isabelle Albuquerque

The Left Hand of Darkness, 2024

bronze, silver nitrate, lava rock 

sculpture: 31 x 10 x 12 in
78.7 x 25.4 x 30.5 cm
lava rock: 16 x 30 x 22 in
40.6 x 76.2 x 30.5 cm

Ed. 1/3 + 2AP

Jeanine Brito

Sword Play, 2025

acrylic on canvas

32 x 62 in
81 x 157 cm

Æmen Ededéen (Joshua Hagler)

The Song Behind the Sound, 2024

mixed media on canvas, linen, and burlap

123 x 117 in
312 x 297 cm

Chantal Khoury

Blooms at Sea, 2024

oil on canvas

72 x 84 in
183 x 213 cm

Rae Klein

Two Candles III, 2025

oil on linen

80 x 80 in
203 x 203 cm

Katherina Olschbaur

Reclining Nude, 2022

oil on linen

83 x 79 in
210 x 199 cm

Thania Petersen

KASSARAM, 2020

digital video; 12:10 min.

Ed. 4 of 5 + 3 AP

Press Release

“Welcome aboard, Mr. Pilgrim,” said the loudspeaker. “Any questions?”

Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: “Why me?”


“That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?”

“Yes.” Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a plop of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it.

“Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.”


— from Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, 1969