Joseph Grigely: One Wall, One Work
Krakow Witkin Gallery•Jan 17, 2026 — Mar 07, 2026
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Rather than making art about disability, I was making art with my disability
–Joseph Grigely
Joseph Grigely (b. 1956) was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. At the age of ten he fell down a hill and became completely deaf. At this point, he began a journey that he describes as “watching the world with the sound turned off,” paying close attention to language, communication, and the vagaries of human interaction. Grigely is an artist and writer whose work addresses questions about the materialization of language and communication, and the ways conversations might be represented in the absence of speech.
The work currently on view, “Paula's Birthday Party,” literally does what conversations around a table typically do: it turns. From one speaker on one side to another speaker on another side, and sometimes both speakers talking on top of each other. It illustrates…
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Joseph Grigely: One Wall, One Work
Krakow Witkin Gallery•Jan 17, 2026 — Mar 07, 2026
Press Release
Rather than making art about disability, I was making art with my disability
–Joseph Grigely
Joseph Grigely (b. 1956) was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. At the age of ten he fell down a hill and became completely deaf. At this point, he began a journey that he describes as “watching the world with the sound turned off,” paying close attention to language, communication, and the vagaries of human interaction. Grigely is an artist and writer whose work addresses questions about the materialization of language and communication, and the ways conversations might be represented in the absence of speech.
The work currently on view, “Paula's Birthday Party,” literally does what conversations around a table typically do: it turns. From one speaker on one side to another speaker on another side, and sometimes both speakers talking on top of each other. It illustrates…
