PERFECT IMPERFECT: The Transience of Things

Concept and Curation by Hayley Ferber and Priska Juschka

Artists: Cecilia André, Liz Atlas, Corina Berheide, Mark Bouthilette, Maureen Catbagan, Claudia Cortínez, Guy de Baere, Andréa DeFelice, Lafina Eptaminitaki, Michael Filan, Anne Gilman, George Goodridge, Maki Hajikano, Andrew Hockenberry, Gosha Karpowicz, Judith Lipton, Dway Lunkad, Jessica Maffia, Grant McGrath, Keith Pfeiffer, Jane Sangerman, and Caroline Wright.

Lichtundfire, 175 Rivington, NYC

Exhibition Dates: August 7 – August 28, 2024

OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 | 6 – 8 PM

Closing Reception: Wednesday, August 28 | 6 – 8 PM

Based upon an Open Call, PERFECT IMPERFECT, with works in various media, painting, photography, sculpture, works on paper and mixed media, is inspired by the profound aesthetics of the philosophical practice and world view of the Japanese Wabi-Sabi.

Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi, which means attentive melancholy, Wabi-Sabi refers to an awareness of the transient nature of all things and to a corresponding pleasure in all that bears the mark of impermanence.

This exhibition explores the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete – moving beyond the conventional idea of the pursuit of perfection and into the realm of a deliberate aesthetic and artistic decision of leaving a work, its composition, medium, materials, surface a.o. in a way that is considered not entirely fully executed, finished, polished, smooth or otherwise completed to perfection.