Whimsy, delight, and the sublime—Rapt in Wonder draws on these emotional and aesthetic threads, bringing together artists who stage reality in order to construct photographic images evocative of our universal capacity for awe. Each body of work provokes a sense of wonder: at times playful and joyous, at others contemplative and profound.
Featuring artists whose practices explore their environment through joyous interventions, ingenious discovery, and careful observation, Rapt in Wonder exhibits the work of River Claure, Jason DeMarte, Adam Ekberg, Julianna Foster, Thomas Jackson, and Xuan-Hui Ng.
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Alejandra Regalado’s self-reflexive series Surface conjures up a metaphysical dreamscape situated in the Yucatán peninsula of southern Mexico. Taking viewers on a journey of her struggle with sleeplessness, Regalado renders a complex metaphorical terrain, anchoring unconscious and conscious states of awareness to the natural world. Dwarfed by majestic bodies of water, her bed-cradled figure floats on the surface of rivers, shores, and cenotes as viewers gaze down upon her fitful slumber from their waking world.