QUIET

Haris Epaminonda, Christina Forrer, Mohammad Ghazali, Youssef Limoud, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Megan Rooney, Stéphanie Saadé, Augustas Serapinas

Curated by Samuel Leuenberger

13 April – 5 June 2017 | Gallery Link

Barbara Seiler is pleased to present Quiet, an exhibition dedicated to an artistic quest into introvert sensibilities and traces visual narratives that reveal an intimate and quiet presence and which demands a particular reflection.

Extroversion and introversion have always worked side by side in much the same way that they have invariably contested each other. One would assume that within our society extroverts are more socially accepted, or that introverts are less regarded. Susan Cain’s 2003 book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, from which the title of this exhibition derives, argues that modern Western culture dramatically undervalues the traits and capabilities of introversion and yet it is those quiet virtues that are advantageous and necessary. It is in this vein that this exhibition explores how such an inherent quality can manifest itself in an artistic inquiry and how the resulting artwork may be read, felt, and analyzed.

Each of the exhibiting artists share a sensibility that transcends by way of decoding their idiosyncratic visual language, forming a complexity that invites us to pause.

The work of these eight artists reveals a shared sentiment that is intimate and private. This perception manifests in distinctive narratives, at times serious and thought provoking, at other times playful and witty. Their work demands our attention and we find ourselves reflecting rather than looking.