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Beyond the Surface
ELEVEN FEMALE ARTISTS, New York | 23E67, 12 December 2024 - 31 January 2025

Beyond the Surface: ELEVEN FEMALE ARTISTS

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Works
  • Judy Chicago, Through the Flower, 1991
    Judy Chicago, Through the Flower, 1991
  • Alice Baber, The Golden Ladder to the Mountain, 1975
    Alice Baber, The Golden Ladder to the Mountain, 1975
  • Francine Tint, Impressions, 2024
    Francine Tint, Impressions, 2024
  • Anna Bogatin Ott, Promise, 2014
    Anna Bogatin Ott, Promise, 2014
  • Cecily Brown, American Dance Festival, 2001
    Cecily Brown, American Dance Festival, 2001
  • Rachel MacFarlane, Reservoir Rains, 2024
    Rachel MacFarlane, Reservoir Rains, 2024
  • Ryoko Endo, Monologue Eva (#67), 2023
    Ryoko Endo, Monologue Eva (#67), 2023
  • SoHyun Bae, Bojagi: Light Within, 2014
    SoHyun Bae, Bojagi: Light Within, 2014
  • Alice Baber, SOLD - The Wings of the Cloud Dance Sacred Space Series, 1982
    Alice Baber, SOLD - The Wings of the Cloud Dance Sacred Space Series, 1982
  • Xinyan Zhang, Forbidden Fruit No.2, 2022
    Xinyan Zhang, Forbidden Fruit No.2, 2022
  • Susan Roth, Ribbon Candy, 1998
    Susan Roth, Ribbon Candy, 1998
  • Rachel MacFarlane, The Spark under an Andalusian Sun , 2024
    Rachel MacFarlane, The Spark under an Andalusian Sun , 2024
  • Francine Tint, Lipstick, 2019
    Francine Tint, Lipstick, 2019
  • Ioanna Gouma, Ribbons, 2018
    Ioanna Gouma, Ribbons, 2018
Installation Views
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News
  • ARTIST TALK : PART III

    ARTIST TALK : PART III

    Beyond the Surface: Art, AI, and the Future of Female Artists 5 February 2025
    In the final part of this inspiring artist talk, SoHyun Bae, Anna Bogatin Ott, and Francine Tint discuss the power of female empowerment in the...
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  • ARTIST TALK : PART II

    ARTIST TALK : PART II

    Beyond the Surface: Roots and Revolution 5 February 2025
    In this second installment of the artist talk, SoHyun Bae, Anna Bogatin Ott, and Francine Tint reflect on how nature, culture, and early experiences shaped...
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  • ARTIST TALK : PART I

    ARTIST TALK : PART I

    Beyond the Surface: Inspiration and Identity 5 February 2025
    Join us for an intimate artist talk as SoHyun Bae, Anna Bogatin Ott, and Francine Tint share the defining moments of inspiration that set their...
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  • STUDIO VISIT WITH RACHEL MACFARLANE

    STUDIO VISIT WITH RACHEL MACFARLANE

    For all female artists exhibition "Beyond the Surface" 22 January 2025
    Uncover the beauty and fragility of the nature through Rachel MacFarlane’s exploration with places and memories while addressing environmental concerns. “Beyond the Surface” On view...
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  • STUDIO VISIT WITH SOHYUN BAE

    STUDIO VISIT WITH SOHYUN BAE

    For all female exhibition "Beyond the Surface" 22 January 2025
    “I wanted to use something that was made by common ordinary women of Korea, and elevate it as primary text for the intellectual history of...
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  • INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN ROTH

    INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN ROTH

    BEYOND THE SURFACE | NY: ON VIEW UNTIL JANUARY 31 10 January 2025
    Join artist Susan Roth and Upsilon Gallery founder Marcelo Zimmler as they explore the vision, techniques, and inspiration behind Susan's work for the exhibition Beyond...
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  • INTERVIEW WITH ANNA BOGATIN OTT

    INTERVIEW WITH ANNA BOGATIN OTT

    BEYOND THE SURFACE | NY : ON VIEW UNTIL JANUARY 31 10 January 2025
    Anna Bogatin Ott discusses her creative process, artistic philosophies, and techniques in an engaging interview with Marcelo Zimmler, founder of Upsilon Gallery. Explore the inspirations...
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Press release

Upsilon Gallery Presents: BEYOND THE SURFACE​

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NEW YORK, NY - Upsilon Gallery is thrilled to announce BEYOND THE SURFACE, an exhibition celebrating the work of ten extraordinary female artists whose vibrant abstract creations invite viewers to transcend the two-dimensional plane. This remarkable showcase unites renowned pioneers like Alice Baber, Cecily Brown, Judy Chicago, Susan Roth and Francine Tint, with rising stars SoHyun Bae,  Ryoko Endo, Rachel MacFarlane, Anna Bogatin Ott, and Xinyan Zhang. Together, they illuminate the transformative power of feminist expression in a time of societal and cultural complexity.​

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Judy Chicago and Alice Baber, trailblazers in their fields, have laid the groundwork for female artists to break boundaries and embrace creative liberation. Chicago’s use of symbolic imagery explores femininity, while Baber’s innovative “pouring” technique revolutionized abstract art, demonstrating the infinite possibilities of color and form. Building on this legacy, Cecily Brown merges emotion with movement in her dynamic compositions, Francine Tint captivates the viewer with her gestural, pouring techniques, and Susan Roth experiments with materials that challenge the confines of the flat canvas.​

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The dialogue continues with Ryoko Endo and SoHyun Bae, who infuse their works with themes of womanhood and cultural memory, bridging the past with the present. Endo’s energetic explorations of color and texture find inspiration in earlier generations, while Bae reimagines abstraction as a vessel for historical and personal narratives. Emerging voices Rachel MacFarlane and Xinyan Zhang bring fresh perspectives, reconstructing personal memories into dreamlike spaces. MacFarlane’s surreal landscapes emerge from intricate paper constructions, while Zhang’s hybrid techniques blur the boundaries between dimensions, crafting abstracted figurative expressions.​

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BEYOND THE SURFACE is a call to look deeper—both literally and metaphorically. These artists navigate themes of control and chance, permanence and transience, identity and cultural heritage. By pushing the boundaries of materiality and metaphor, they reveal the paradoxes beneath the surface, inspiring new generations to challenge limitations and redefine artistic expression.

 

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