Breaking Dawn: A Quiet Revolution

The BLANC, 15 E 40th Street New York, NY 10016
February 6 – February 11, 2025

installation view from ‘Breaking Dawn’


(left) Gravity, 2024
oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches

(right) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2024
oil on canvas
60 x 72 inches


[Press Release]

“Breaking Dawn: A Quiet Revolution brought together six emerging New York–based artists in an exploration of liminal space at The Blanc Gallery, curated by Dawn Eleven Contemporary Art Foundation (DeCA). Through experimental media and evocative visuals, they reawakened cultural memory, revealing the gentle spark that flickers in the hush before daybreak. Though brief, the exhibition’s resonance endures, guiding fresh perspectives in contemporary art.

In each piece, the artists interwove diverse materials, forms, and ideas to reawaken cultural memory within a contemporary framework. By layering historical references with modern expressions, they unearthed fresh ways of seeing and sparked ongoing conversations about how we continually reinterpret our shared past.”
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