Memory Garden

Swivel Gallery | 396 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

May 13 - June 17, 2023

Swivel Gallery is pleased to present “Memory Garden”, a group exhibition featuring artists Aryana Minai, Madjeen Isaac, and Luján Pérez Hernández curated by Sadaf Padder.

Inspired by the method of loci or memory palace, an imaginary location that can store mnemonic images, we propose a garden: a place we may not know but wholeheartedly feel, a place that we can collectively cultivate.

“Memory Garden” offers sculpture, print-making, installation and paintings inspired by environmental materials and historical anecdotes. The three third-culture artists featured in this exhibition keenly observe their immediate surroundings and spiritually alchemize their work with stories and items from their diverse lineages spanning Iran, Spain and Haiti and their familial migrations to cities across the USA. They establish a space of belonging, celebrate resilience and architect bright futures. Read more here.

Text by: Sadaf Padder

Video by: Brian Agamie

Photo credit: Daniel Turna