Concept:

Formability: The plastic limit of figures, brings together the oil paintings of Le Liu and Adam H. Marchand to confront the paradoxes of the contemporary male form. Inspired by Renaissance, Baroque, and Mannerist traditions, both artists employ deliberate, slow painterly methods as an act of resistance against today's fleeting digital noise, AI hallucinations, and information overconsumption. Rather than presenting masculinity as a monolith of power, their works reveal the body as a vulnerable site of trepidation, caught between historical weight and an uncertain future.

Curation and exhibition text: Alex Anderson