Opening tonight of Soft Resistance
@espasso gallery, join us from 6 to 9pm !
📸 by the amazing
@idaelevine
Soft Resistance opens June 11 at
ESPASSO Gallery, a ceramic group exhibition in dialogue with Brazil’s 20th-century designers.
Soft yet enduring, fragile yet unbreakable-ceramic is a paradox shaped by human hands and sealed by fire. This exhibition gathers 27 artists and designers who explore clay’s dual nature: malleable and yielding in its raw form, yet capable of withstanding centuries once transformed.
In dialogue with these earthen forms, the warmth and density of ESPASSO’s Brazilian wood, shaped by masters of modernist design, offer a grounded counterpoint to clay’s elemental softness. Together, these materials form an architecture of balance, honoring the past while opening space for contemporary expression. Through vessels, sculptures, and objects that defy function, these works echo the intimate dance between creation and resistance. In an age of fracture, ceramic and wood together remind us that strength is found in flexibility-that our world, like these materials, becomes what we shape it to be.
Soft Resistance
June 11-July 11, 2025
Curated by
@aurorevullierme in collaboration with
@mitch.a.moon from
@espasso
Opening reception: Wed June 11, 6 to 9pm
38 N Moore St, New York
Featuring works by
@elisadarrigo1
@joanbankemper &
@sb.frances
@mayabeverly_
@romancelanguage
@nicolecherubinistudio
@malene.barnett
@domoy.studio
@corinnegilbert
@shizueimai
@jaye_kim_
@trevorkingartworks
@peterlaneclay
@juna.ceramics
@_emilyloughlin
@parmemarin
@mathildemartinceramic
@treymoseley
@marionnaufal.art
@zachariahp
@nathaliesannregnault
celine_salomon
@scott_daniel
@maedetafvizi
@derekweisberg
@devinwilde
@samanthayork
Olfactory activation by
@iconofly
Natural dyes on textile by
@caramariepiazza
A special thanks to
@aplos.world for a selection of nonalcoholic spirits,
@angelssharenyc and
@redhookwinery for some beautiful wines,
@drinkdio for divinity inspired cocktails, and
@lalospirits for the most delicious blanco tequila.