10th Anniversary Exhibition

Lynsey Addario, Paola Angelini, Farley Aguilar, Ophelia Arc, Carmen Argote, Judith Bernstein, Akea Brionne, Zoë Buckman, Chris Dorland, Liana Finck, Alessandro Fogo, Fernanda Galvão, Aaron Gilbert, Aneta Grzeszykowska, MacGregor Harp, Chris Hood, Katayoun Hosseinrad, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Xie Lie, Rosa Loy, Erica Mahinay, Jessie Makinson, Sarah Miska, Danny Moynihan, Claes Oldenburg, Cato Ouyang, David Pagliarulo, Ren Light Pan, Regina Parra, Walter Robinson, Adrianne Rubenstein, Kathy Ruttenberg, Yves Scherer, Mira Schor, Mimi Smith, Jo-ey Tang & Thomas Fougeirol, Lily Wong I founded Lyles & King in 2015 with the belief that experiencing art in the flesh—body to object—could be transformative in an all-too-digital world. My interest in art as experience grew out of my graduate studies in performance, actions, and phenomenology. This focus has shaped our program from the beginning and informed our approach to exhibitions as embodied encounters. Our exhibitions correspondingly foreground issues of identity, gender, and the vicissitudes of our lived subjectivity. We've championed under-recognized artists like Mira Schor, Rosa Loy, and Kathy Ruttenberg alongside voices like Cato Ouyang, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Chris Dorland and Akea Brionne, helping bring their work to wider audiences. I believe such work, rooted in the body while informed by history, challenges hegemonic ways of thinking, builds empathy, and expands our inner lives. At its best, it opens us up, breaks us down, and makes us feel alive. Lyles & King is not just a space where art is installed. It's a place where people come together. I chose to concentrate on gallery work for the immediacy and intimacy of it. I relish the ability to move quickly from idea to exhibition, and there is nothing quite like the privilege of witnessing the moment when people encounter an artist's work for the first time. Over the last ten years, as our team and business have grown, we've shepherded shows and careers, and collectively built families, both new and chosen. Alongside Alexandra King, my wife, I now have the great joy of watching our two little daughters roam the gallery. My father was a John Ruskin-quoting decorative painter. I grew up understanding that selling art wasn't just a meaningless market transaction. Every sale is a way for an artist to make the work they need to make and live the life they want to live. Each artwork contains an aura of the maker and that energy alters a room and our lives. This is our 113th exhibition. Thank you for your support. Thank you for visiting. —Isaac Lyles

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