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Through Nov 16, 2025
failed seriousness
Gallery 263
263 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA
Featured Artists
- Adehle Daley, Angelo Spagnolo, Ari Borazjanian, Benjamin Stalnaker, Bill Porter, Bosede Opetubo, Darci Hanna, E. Winslow Funaki, Hiu Nam Kaio Wu, Janelle Rae, Jesse Egner, Jordan Hanid Awan, Lauren O’Connor-Korb, Lindsey Filowitz, Megan Riley, Melissa Sclafani, Jessica Tawczynski, Rowan Raskin, Sammy Polinsky, Jenny Pivor, Gabrielle Miller, Evelyn Bi, Kiara Reagan, Carson Whitmore
failed seriousness is a national exhibition juried by artist Libby Paloma celebrating the comical, satirical, and subversive. From irony to visual tricks, the pieces in this show utilize humor to both critique culture and encourage viewers to find new, whimsical lenses to view the world.
Featuring works across fiber, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture, painting, video, and photography, this exhibition challenges conceptions of mental illness, disability, gender, desire, and apathy. Highlights include Angelo Spagnolo’s two-player fried mozzarella empathy implement, Evelyn Bi’s sculptural response to wanting her physical therapist to stop chatting with her coworkers, and Benjamin Stalwaker’s reimagination of what to break glass for in an emergency. Together, the 24 artists in failed seriousness invite audiences to laugh in the face of it all.