Ortega y Gasset Projects (OyG) is proud to present Empathy's Alchemy, a show exploring the symbiotic relationship between empathy and alchemy within the works of Ethan Greenbaum, Mónica, Newton Pottinger, Kemar Wynter, and Sun You.
What interests me about empathy is its vastness. Sometimes it is linked to a specific story. Other times it exists in more subtle ways, as a non-verbal and yet undeniably present experience. It can emerge through narrative, but it can also emerge through observation, gesture, materials, intuition, ritual, process, and sustained attention. It can be found in what an artist chooses to depict, but also in how they work, what they return to, and the relationships they develop with their materials over time. The artists brought together in Empathy's Alchemy each offer a distinct manifestation of this expansive understanding of empathy.
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