Editor’s Pick
“Night Moves, curated by Alexis Gordon and Kyle Warren Smith, is sort of a set of nested surprises. The gallery, after a brief stint of itinerant curating, opened last November in the quiet, unassuming, cute Temescal Alley in Oakland. Long a site for gallery projects, it’s nevertheless a delight to encounter good art in an unexpected place. The exhibition, celebrating night, transforms the gallery into an intimate, dark space. Atop a scrim of black curtains, photographic works by seven artists float. Fire and photo flash illuminate nocturnal scenes… it’s a moody gem of a show in a promising new space.”
- Aaron Harbour
About the Exhibition
UNTITLED vol.2 is proud to announce the curatorial debut of longtime creative collaborators Alexis Gordon and Kyle Warren Smith. Their shared vision brings together the photographic works of Elena Helfrecht, J Rivera Pansa, Jenna Garrett, Luuk van Raamsdonk, Lynse Cooper, Pia-Paulina Guilmoth, and Vincent Glielmi.
Night Moves considers how the evening hours transform the ordinary into something quietly sublime. Removed from the demands of daylight, these dreamlike landscapes explore the darkness not as a place of fear or unease, but as a space of freedom where transgression unfolds into something tender, expansive, and beautiful.
Night emerges through the work as a feeling rather than a condition. It offers refuge, safety, and the possibility to experience the primordial. It is a time when rules soften, identities blur, and the supernatural comes into focus.