One Day This Will Be Then

One Day This Will Be Then examines tradition, memory, and the arbitrary borders that attempt to define us. The exhibition is hosted by famed Nightlife and Arts Institution, BEVERLY'S - in their temporary off-site exhibition space at 5 Eldridge. In BEVERLY'S lineage of highlighting artworks generated within artist-led social ecosystems—this exhibition presents the ceramic works of Alex Baren, Angelique De Castro, Marie Leocadie, and Peloloca—all collaboratively created in a shared artists' studio space. The pieces in this show, crafted from porcelain, stoneware, and foraged low-fire clay, invite viewers to dissect cultural precedents that are at once sacred and pliable.

Leocadie stretches and contorts porcelain to its limit. The artist employs the material’s unique balance of strength and delicacy—fragile and, once fired, able to withstand almost anything– to explore themes of resilience, grief, and transformation. While the memory of porcelain often deters experimentation, Leocadie leans into this quality to explore the mark of time on responsive bodies.

Collectively, the works of these artists challenge the notion that the past is immovable and the future is out of reach. As we feel the rigidity of history and the weight of futures ahead, could our collective memory serve more fluid narratives?