HESTER: Glimpse of a Stranger — All Street Gallery

PRESS RELEASE
NEW YORK, NY - All Street Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition by Mira Goodman, Glimpse of a Stranger, with an opening reception Friday, April 17, from 6-8 PM. Featuring paintings created over the past two years, the exhibition provides an intimate look into Goodman’s perceptions of the world in constant motion around her. Objects, memorabilia, and keepsakes are the gateways that allow us into a stranger’s life. Each piece is a multi dimensional exploration into the lives of strangers, asking the viewer to catch a passing glance at and then fall into the depth of each surface. The refrigerator in “Homecoming” and gate in "Cowboy Christmas” are adorned with meticulously crafted doll-sized images and knick-knacks, evoking specific memories like viewing one’s old attic collection.

The paintings swirl in fluid movement, as dissonant characters interact with their incongruous surroundings. The passage of time is reflected by Goodman’s rounded brushstrokes; skies bleed into the grounds, where muted tones take the forefront. Goodman’s work teeters between realistic renderings of specific memories, and a lighthearted tactile play. She collects and carefully recreates objects that were left in cracks on the couches, abandoned on the ground, and left in old shoeboxes: cigarettes, gold gun shell casings, coins, photographs, and childhood toys. Her paintings hold on to moments in time and make them last forever.

Goodman collapses the distance between people and worlds, attempting to get closer to our interior selves. Her use of materials such as sculpey polymer clay, paper pulp, wire, and wood allow her to tell three-dimensional stories, literally and figuratively, and explore relationality from multiple angles. Glimpse of a Stranger hums with meaning and is haunted with feeling, an honest and sentimental look into the ways we connect with and understand each other.

About the Artist:
Mira Goodman is a mixed-media painter born in New York and living/working between New York and Guatemala. She received an honors AB in Visual Arts from Brown University in 2024. She also studied at the Glasgow School of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Art Students League of New York. She’s had exhibitions in Providence, RI, Madison WI, and New York, NY, including at All St Gallery (NY) and Imaginary Factory (WI). She was an artist in residence at Wassaic Project, Monson Arts, and Art Farm Nebraska (upcoming). She won the 2024 Gilbert Stuart Award at Brown University and was featured in the 38th Annual Northern National Art Competition in Rhinelander, WI. She has also been featured in publications like the College Hill Independent, the Brown Daily Herald, the Capital Times, and the Vassar Review. Her work is centered around the combined use of painting and sculpture, to express and understand the intangibility and ephemerality of her experiences.

@miragoodman.art
https://miragoodman.com/

About All Street Gallery:
Founded in 2018, All Street Gallery is a gallery and platform for emerging and underrepresented artists whose work focuses on social engagement and community empowerment. Initially created as an artist collective and grassroots protest organization, All Street is driven by its roots in the city’s creative community. The gallery’s mission is to use art as a means of protest, resistance, and social change, highlighting voices that challenge the status quo. After opening its first location on East Third Street in the East Village, All Street expanded in 2023 with a second space at 119 Hester Street. Both locations continue to provide a platform for artists whose work addresses important social and political issues.

For inquiries please contact:
gallery@allstnyc.com
646 335 3717

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