(New York, NY) Field Projects is proud to present A Partial Refusal, a group exhibition bringing together a wide span of works engaging with themes of language and opacity.
In the era of didactic wall texts and large language models, when words are both overspent and undervalued, these artists grapple with language — as container, as gap, as site of censorship and struggle. They resist simplistic reads and rigid identifiers, and the extractive desire of singular meaning; they hover instead in the void of the redacted, the weight of the unsaid, the impossible space of translation.
Through sculpture, textile, papermaking and drawing, these artists employ different strategies of refusal as a form of self-protection, challenging viewers to a slow and earned — and at times partial — intimacy of understanding.
Exhibition Dates
February 12 – March 20, 2026
Opening Reception
February 12, 2025 | 6 – 8PM
Curator
Weihui Lu
Artists
Clare Hu
Jenny Jiseun Kim
Maia Taber Ayerza
Mikayla Patton
Rowan Renee
SaraNoa Mark
Venue
Field Projects
526 W 26th Street, Room #807, New York, NY 10001
About the Gallery
Field Projects is an profitless, ethically driven, artist-run project space and online venue. We are dedicated to exhibiting unique artists with visions of their own. We don’t follow trends or chase press or collectors. We are not interested in your art market. We know art worth seeing is more complex and generous than a manipulated number made by opportunists. We don’t work with prima donnas, assholes, or over inflated egos. We do engage with community interested in imagining beyond our simple boundaries through research, community action, organizing and personal growth.
Centered on long-term curatorial projects, Field Projects presents monthly exhibitions at their Chelsea location in addition to participating in pop-up exhibitions in and around New York as well art fairs around the world. The gallery invites artists to submit their work for consideration twice a year through an open call submission process. We discover about 85% of the artist we show through our open call submission process.
(text & photo courtesy of Field Projects Gallery)
