Robischon Gallery

A warm thank you to all who visited Robischon Gallery’s recent trio of highly imaginative solo exhibitions: Kahn + Selesnick 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, Stacey Steers, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑔𝑜, and Kim Dickey’s 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒.

The four extraordinary artists on view transformed the gallery through their distinct perspectives and shared sense of the surreal - melding narratives through fantastical photography, ethereal filmic works, and poetic, nature-based sculpture. Much gratitude to our very talented artists for their ongoing dedication to their practice and inventive pursuit of wonder - and to everyone who shared in these special exhibitions with us!

UPCOMING: Robischon Gallery’s next series of exhibitions will open THURSDAY JUNE 18TH, with four exuberant new one and two person exhibitions in abstraction; Kate Petley’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 and Deborah Zlotsky’s 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑐, Jae Ko and Linda Fleming’s 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠, as well as 𝑁𝑒𝑤 + 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 from Derrick Velasquez and Teo González. From charged and innovative canvases, to sculpture created from paper, steel or vinyl, the upcoming exhibitions will present the artists’ own uniquely compelling, masterful explorations into both concept and materiality.

Images: 1) Installation of 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, by Kahn + Selesnick, 2-3) “Materia Obscura: Dark Matter and the World Beneath,” archival pigment prints, 52 x 315 in., 4) “Monumental Arch,” Excerpt installation of 80 print-suite, 5) “The Columbarium of Mr. Buttons,” archival pigment prints, 6) “The Zodiac Series,” mixed media on handmade cotton paper, 22.75 x 31 in., 7, 9-11, 14) Installation of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑔𝑜 by Stacey Steers, 8) “The Stars Watch From Long Ago,” 3-color lithograph, 12.5 x 77.5 in., 12) “ Orrery,” video, wood, digital screen and mixed media, 41 x 21 x 21 in., 13) “Star House,” video, woods, lights, mixed media, 24 x 16 x 16 in., 15-19) Installation of 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒 by Kim Dickey. .steers

Internationally recognized Robischon Gallery artist Halim Al Karim was recently on view in Beijing, China as part of Glasstress, an expansive exhibition exploring the multifaceted possibilities of glass in contemporary art. Initiated by Berengo Studio in Venice in 2009 as a tandem event of the prestigious Venice Biennale, Glasstress has evolved into a vital international platform where glass and contemporary art converge, bringing together some of the world’s most celebrated artists and master glassmakers. This past 2026 presentation, alongside Al Karim, included such art world luminaries as: Tony Cragg, Mimmo Paladino, Cornelia Parker, Polly Apfelbaum, and Erwin Wurm, Tony Oursler, Qiu Zhijie, and Vik Muniz. Of note, within the Venice Biennale history, Halim Al Karim was selected to represent Iraq, post exile, in the 2011 reintegrated Iraq Pavilion at the 54th Biennale.

Working across many disciplines such as photography, painting, textile, and sculpture, Al Karim is most widely recognized for his innovative, blurred and veiled portraits - imagery exploring meditations on self-identity, power, war, dreams, memory and most importantly to the artist, the sacred. His experimentation over the decades with layered pigmented / photographic processes and exceptionally large collodion photographs - as well as his use of a wide range of sculptural materials, Al Karim is recognized for pushing the limits of both scale and material, as he continues to expand his soulfully expressive visual language in myriad ways.

Images: 1) Portrait of Halim Al Karim, 2) “Dust 12C,” wet collodion photography on mirror with Murano Glass frame, 220 x 150 x 10 cm, 3) Glasstress installation with work by Al Karim and Vik Muniz, 4-6) installation views from "موكب PROCESSION," 2022, 7) Halim Al Karim with collodion camera from 2013 solo exhibition at Robischon Gallery.