Posted @withregram • @aai_nyc “Like Henry Box Brown. He shipped himself North, from slavery, in a box. I use a lot of those proportions [of the box] in my work. I wonder what he was thinking. What’s going on while he spends 27 hours in a box? Part of that time is upside down. So that’s where I started. And then I moved on to what if I’m the box, and I peel that away? And that was the emphasis. And now I’ve sort of moved into reverse engineering, the portal, the box, and trying to figure out if this is a space for dreaming? What am I? What’s the dream? And who is joining me? (Calli Roche) Doubt and Defiance includes several sculptural works that feature or refer to artist Calli Roche (@ca_lli)’s constructed box, a recurring motif in the artist’s practice that explores themes of confinement and liberation that challenge present social constructs and explore how we deconstruct the world that confines us. 📸 Calli Roche, Detritus, 2022 - 2024. Mixed media. Doubt and Defiance, 3 May – 16 June 2024. Cuchifritos Gallery, New York. Photo: @bradfarwell. Special thanks to Jalen Kendrick (@vlexander.us), curatorial assistant. #calliroche #cuchifritosgallery #DoubtandDefiance #contemporaryart #artistsallianceinc #cuchifritosgalleryprojectspace #installation #essexmarket