Boston, MA - The judi rotenberg gallery is pleased to present Humaneyes, an exhibition that entertains the possibility of finding the human in the animal. As a response to the curatorial and cultural trend of unleashing the animal in the human, or getting in touch with our wild sides, Humaneyes is a quieter, more empathetic approach to the condition of being human. Through the personification of the animal’s gaze, these artists create a palpable space for interaction between the viewer and the subject. By injecting a human quality to the eyes, the artists evoke a sense of empathy and investment from the viewer.

One can’t help but project human character and emotion onto the animals and creatures. Watching the creatures at war, engaged in an embrace, or sitting as portraits, we enter their narratives with a visceral response and ask what it means to be human. Humanize entertains the notion that eyes are a primary conduit for communication, that eyes can serve as a mirror generating self-reflection and compassion, rather than inciting the gaze of objectification.

Humaneyes is an exhibition of work by four artists: Jennifer Amadeo-Holl, Ria Brodell, Jill Greenberg, and Rune Olsen. Amadeo-Holl paints evocative compositions of animals fading in and out of articulation in emotive, undefined expanses of color and brushwork. Brodell draws fictitious creatures that populate vast landscapes, an expansive world that has its own set of governing laws and instincts. Greenberg photographs monkeys with highly emotive, personified expressions, sometimes injecting human eyes into the portraits. Olsen sculpts identical male animals locked in animated moments of intimacy and aggression. Whereas some of this work is fantastical and other work borrows from reality, all four artists lure the viewer into their worlds through the gaze.

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