Gowanus, New York
Group Exhibition
La Banda 2026
Tappeto VolanteInna Babaeva, Sam Borstein, Rick Briggs, Hannah Beerman, Jon Burgerman, Eva Keller Carson, John Coburn, Amie Cunat, Elisa D'Arrigo, Mairikee Dau, Jared Deery, Alessandro Gioiello, Kuo-Heng Huang, Raymie Iadevaia, Erin Lee Jones, Zachary Keeting, S. Klitgaard, Nic Koller, Caroline Larsen, Elisa Lendvay, Xingze Li, Leonora Loeb, Matthew Logsdon, JJ Manford, Garry Nichols, Toshiaki Noda, Mike Olin, August Ravn, Davide Serpetti, David Shaw, Cary Smith, Elisa Soliven, Adrienne Elise Tarver, Areum Yang, Boyuan Yang, Leonard Yang, Robert Zeller, Robert Zurer Tappeto Volante Projects is pleased to present the fifth edition of La Banda, the gallery’s annual group exhibition, marking five years of continuous activity. This milestone reflects an ongoing commitment to sustained curatorial work, artistic collaboration, and shared creative practices shaped through dialogue, care, and mutual support. The first edition of La Banda took place in 2021, during a moment of profound transformation in artistic and cultural life, when the pandemic disrupted established modes of gathering and exhibition. The project emerged as a way to return to experiencing art in person and to reestablish shared physical space. Drawing from the professional and personal networks of founder Paola Gallio, alongside Jared Deery, Elisa Soliven, and JJ Manford, the exhibition brought together artists across generations and stages of practice, including mentors, peers, collaborators, friends, and extended artistic families. Rather than following a singular curatorial hierarchy, La Banda developed through collective participation, establishing the exhibition as a platform grounded in collaboration, care, and shared visibility. La Banda 2026 presents works on paper, paintings, and sculptures by thirty-seven artists. The exhibition foregrounds intergenerational exchange across disciplines and cultural contexts, allowing diverse practices to coexist within an open and flexible framework. Rather than advancing a unified thematic narrative, the exhibition emphasizes proximity, dialogue, and the relationships that emerge when multiple artistic positions are brought together within a shared space. The title La Banda references the 1980s film The Blues Brothers, evoking the spirit of coming together through longstanding relationships and a shared sense of purpose. Within the context of Tappeto Volante Projects, this cultural reference underscores the importance of sustaining community ecosystems through collaboration, continuity, and an ethic of shared responsibility.