October 6- October 29, 2023
55 Bethune St, New York, NY
Artists’ reception and party Friday Oct 13, 6-8pm
Gallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday 1-6pm and by appointment.

Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present Dads, a group exhibition of artists who are also fathers, on view at its’ Richard Meier designed courtyard location,55 Bethune Street in theWestVillage of NewYork.The show is curated by artist James Gortner.

This is a show about Dads who make art. It should be understood by the viewer that the mixed Emerging, Mid-Ca- reer, and Established artists in the show are from many backgrounds and working across many mediums including but not limited to; painting, photography, drawing, print-making, sculpture, performance, video and conceptual art. Each make art for various reasons. Dads will not close in on, or link any of those reasons for the purposes of this show, or expand on the connection between this Dadly part of their identity and their art. It is the point of this
exhibition to highlight a unique kind of familial artist identity, and activate your this identity is present.

The Dads exhibition will survey artworks by the following 36 artists:
feelings about each work, knowing Jeff Muhs Yigal Ozari Nick Paparone Mourrice Papi Fahamu Pecou Robert Roest Meir Srebriansky Jacob Taylor Francisco Vidal Tomas Vu Johan Wahlstrom Mark Zimmerman Gregory Amenoff Anthony Boone Gerald Cannon Stanley Casselman Jean Clanche Grayson Cox Mark Dion Brock Enright Domenic Esposito James Gortner Michael Guillard Steven Hall Adam Handler Marc Handelman Bradley Hart Hans Haveron Jon Kessler Gene Kiegel Rick Klauber Reiner Leist Henry Leutwyler Rob MacInnis Matt Mullican Antonio Murado

For all appointments and press inquiries, contact
James Gortner +1 310 463 9778 [email protected]