François Ghebaly is showcasing two exhibits until March 30: Trulee Hall’s “She Shells” and Ann Leda Shapiro’s “Light Within Darkness.”
“She Shells” is Trulee Hall’s first presentation with François Ghebaly. Tied together with the motif of water, She Shells explores sexuality, fantasy, reality, and the blurred boundaries between humanity and nature. The collection of multimedia installations features the artist’s hallmark fantastical sets, costumes, puppetry, claymation, kinetic scenographies, CGI, and original musical compositions.
“Light Within Darkness” gathers eighteen of Ann Leda Shapiro’s paintings from 1976 to 2023. Shapiro deconstructs and reconstructs the human form, imbuing her figures with anatomical elements and components of the natural world. The earliest piece on display, Out of the Web (1976), embodies the scientific, psychological, and spiritual undertones of her early works. Shapiro’s focus in her more recent works extends to the landscape, where trees and celestial bodies mirror the complexities of human existence.
Installation view: Ann Leda Shapiro, Vunerable, 2018. Watercolor on paper, 44 x 30 inches (112 x 76 cm.) Courtesy of the Artist and François Ghebaly Gallery. Photo: Paul Salveson.
