“Start Here” at Lesley Heller Workspace

Opening Reception: Sunday, December 11, 6-8pm

Who do we think we are? Where does our sense of self originate and how does it intersect with others and the world around us? In the midst of a national debate over “us vs. them,” and a culture increasingly seen through a lens of identity politics, Lesley Heller Workspace presents Start Here, curated by Brian Mattlin. Featuring the work of Susan Mikula, Kaye Mahoney and Anne Gilman. Three women, three mediums, three conversations with the infinite and the intimate that explore—if not necessarily explain—how outside forces come to shape who we are, and may become. Mikula turns her gaze back and within, Mahoney expands her view out into the physical and metaphysical world, and Gilman looks up and around, responding to the challenges of the everyday, while reminding us time and again, as we must do time and again, to simply “start here.”

Curated by Brian Mattlin