On Saturday night December 6, we opened Body Positivity — Gender Euphoria: Part II, and the gallery was full in every sense of the word—full of people, full of energy, full of voices, conversations, and emotion. It felt like New York showed up: all ages, all backgrounds, all identities, all styles under one roof. (No kids this time—some of the work pushes boundaries)
The exhibiting artists who joined us—Elliot Johnson, Semin Jang, Brian Oh, Addie Berger, Anna Reid, and Kirsten Batten Leach—shared insights into their practices during the Q&A. The room listened attentively as they spoke about process, craft, where their work begins, and how long it sometimes takes for a piece to reveal itself. Each artist opened a window into how they make, and yet, as always with art, something essential remained beautifully unexplainable. That lingering mystery, the part nobody can quite pin down. is ultimately what makes art so precious.
The audience gave as much as they received. People shared reflections, asked thoughtful questions, and offered personal stories about how art helps us feel recognized, affirmed, held. A few testimonies were deeply moving—about what it means to enter a gallery and feel seen, to be met by bodies and identities that look like one’s own, to find courage in someone else’s expression.
Between the talking, there was laughter. There was mingling. New faces met familiar ones, strangers became neighbors, as the art brought people together. The work in this exhibition is widely varied in medium and voice, yet there was no doubt that a single thread ran through it all, woven carefully by curator Racquel Chevremont, a thread of powerful artistic intention.
We’re grateful for every person who came out, stood in the crowd, spoke, listened, or just absorbed. Nights like this remind us why we do what we do.
Part II is now open. Come see the art, feel its power, its liberating magic. Wednesday afternoons, some Saturdays, and by appointment: contact@galleryparticulier.org
