Ogden Museum presents In the beloved, a new body of work by Alexis McGrigg that brings together fluid abstraction, spiritual inquiry, and an exploration of Blackness as both a physical and metaphysical space. The exhibition marks a significant development in the artist’s practice, offering a deeply immersive and contemplative experience that moves between material presence and intangible dimensions.

Influenced by dance, film, literature, and spiritual philosophy—including the writings of Octavia Butler, Malidoma Patrice Somé, Gary Zukav, and Christina Lonsdale—this series investigates the origin and transcendence of the soul through what McGrigg defines as The beloved. This conceptual realm exists in a state of constant metamorphosis, allowing Black souls to inhabit a space of continual transition and transformation. Multidimensional in nature, it is a place where time can both collapse and expand, opening up possibilities for alternative realities of being.

Like the soul itself—esoteric and elusive—this body of work imagines a spiritual domain connected to ancestral lineage that extends beyond the limits of time and space. Through layered compositions and shifting forms, McGrigg invites viewers to move beyond the physical plane, entering a space of reflection where identity, memory, and spirit converge in an ongoing process of becoming.