Delicate Balance

Come see Ellen Chuse’s show “True to Form” at 440 Gallery.

Exhibit from May 29 - June 29, 2025

Chuse’s paintings and sculptural totems blur the boundary between painting and sculpture, the shared intention conflating disciplines often separated by dimension. Shapes echo across surfaces and structures as if trying to remember one another. Weight and lift, balance and burden, thread through both canvas and totem. Whether stacked or layered, each piece leans into the next. Are they holding themselves up, or being held down?