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Derek Sullivan and Ella Gonzales both previously occupied the gallery for three years, twenty years apart, and shared a studio building, also, years apart. These overlaps form a loose framework for the exhibition, where familiarity with the site is built-up contextually and aesthetically through distance rather than simultaneity.
Developed through ongoing correspondence, the exhibition considers vessels, containers, and the spaces we move through. Sullivan’s drawings and Gonzales’ paintings approach the gallery as both structure and subject, each work scaled and situated. Sullivan’s drawings extend his “press sheet” works - speculative book forms that hold images of vessels drawn from his home - while Gonzales’ paintings take the proportions of the gallery as a guiding structure, building layered compositions from remembered interiors.
Across both practices, the gallery becomes a point of orientation. Works are scaled, placed, and shaped in direct relation to its architecture, acting as…
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Press Release
Derek Sullivan and Ella Gonzales both previously occupied the gallery for three years, twenty years apart, and shared a studio building, also, years apart. These overlaps form a loose framework for the exhibition, where familiarity with the site is built-up contextually and aesthetically through distance rather than simultaneity.
Developed through ongoing correspondence, the exhibition considers vessels, containers, and the spaces we move through. Sullivan’s drawings and Gonzales’ paintings approach the gallery as both structure and subject, each work scaled and situated. Sullivan’s drawings extend his “press sheet” works - speculative book forms that hold images of vessels drawn from his home - while Gonzales’ paintings take the proportions of the gallery as a guiding structure, building layered compositions from remembered interiors.
Across both practices, the gallery becomes a point of orientation. Works are scaled, placed, and shaped in direct relation to its architecture, acting as…
















