Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present Left unsaid, a group exhibition highlighting thirteen artists who capture elements of impermanence in their work.

In Left unsaid, the quiet weight of impermanence is explored through layered symbolism, fragmented narratives, glances, gestures and unfinished thoughts.

Thérèse Mulgrew’s Peony and coffee depicts a hand adorned with rings reaching for a cup of coffee, a single peony in bloom laying on the yellow checkered tablecloth. Simultaneously vulnerable and intimate, the artist portrays a visual narrative reminiscent of imagery captured in cinematic stills. Rachel Gregor’s Studio window with Honey gives the viewer a look inside the artist’s studio through a windowsill still life filled with reminders of things long past and artifacts that remind the artist of home. The objects are set against the window, which serves as a portal to the changing seasons and ever-shifting daylight. Through this collection of personally significant objects, Gregor invites the viewer into her world.

Allie Gattor’s meticulous linework in Clippings illustrates a woman shrouded in a pink bath towel, perfectly matching her pink bathroom. Sitting along the edge of the bathtub, she is found clipping her comically long toenails while two goldfish swim in the bath. Drawing from the visual language of children’s book illustration, Gattor’s work unfolds in a playful palette, which gradually reveals it’s true weight and humor. Nicholas Bono Kennedy’s series creates a portrait of a single table in different stages of its life, building fictionalized worlds of characters with different homes, families and meals. Though it’s surroundings change scene to scene, the table remains constant, a silent bystander.

Contemplating the transient nature of individual and collective experiences, Left unsaid draws attention to the fleeting, often overlooked moments in life that can take on new meaning through memory, reflection or distance. Participating artists reveal how impermanence does not erase significance, but instead reshapes it. In honoring the ephemeral, these works suggest that even the quietest moments have the ability to echo far beyond their origin.