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View fullsize Some installation shots of ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ by Albert Maria Samreth @soulseekqt 

Visit the exhibition today from 1–6pm ๐Ÿชญ

Images:

Telescope (2025)
Brass telescope, acupuncture needles, re
View fullsize In ๐˜ฟ๐™ช ๐™•๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™๐™ž (2025), an Altec Lansing “Voice of the Theatre” A8 speaker has been modified and refaced with the bark of Du Zhong (Eucommia ulmoides). Within Traditional Chinese Medicine, Du Zhong is an essen
View fullsize Albert Maria Samreth ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ is on view at Brief Histories โœจ @soulseekqt
View fullsize In yesteryear reality was a play 
Now the play is just like reality 
From the sidelines I watch a second time 
Heaven preserves a man with cold eyes 

็•ถๅนด็œŸๆ˜ฏๆˆฒ๏ผŒไปŠๆ—ฅๆˆฒๅฆ‚็œŸใ€‚ 

ๆˆ‘ๅ†ๆฌกไปŽๅœบ่พน่ง‚็œ‹ ไธŠๅคฉ็œท้กพ็œผ็ฅžๅ†ทๅณป็š„ไบบ 

The Peach Blossom Fan (1699) Kong Shangren 

Albert Maria Samr
View fullsize Albert Maria Samreth 
๐‘บ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐‘จ๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’”๐’”๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’

Opening reception, Friday, December 12, 2025. 6–8 pm.

Image:
Albert Samreth
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (2025)
Pine needles, polyester, plastic, wi
View fullsize Edgar Serrano
False Hydra, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and panel
30 x 24 inches

Edgar Serrano
Alone, Omen, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and panel
30 x 24 inches

Edgar Serrano
King of Silence, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on rocks and p
View fullsize ๐™๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™งé ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™ก ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ช๐™š๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™– ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ง ๐™š๐™ก ๐™—๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š

๐”‡๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”Ÿ๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ 
by Edgar Serrano

October 18-November 22

Brief Histories, New York
115 Bowery
1-6pm

@siempre
View fullsize ๐”‡๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”Ÿ๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ by Edgar Serrano is extended through Saturday, November 22!

Brief Histories joins in the nationwide protest, Fall of Freedom’s National Day of Action, by extending the exhibition, Donde Mueren la
View fullsize ๐”‡๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”๐”ฒ๐”ข๐”ฏ๐”ข๐”ซ ๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ž๐”ฉ๐”ž๐”Ÿ๐”ฏ๐”ž๐”ฐ by Edgar Serrano is extended through November 22!

Brief Histories joins in the nationwide protest, Fall of Freedom’s National Day of Action, by extending the exhibition, Donde Mueren las Palabras
View fullsize ๐“๐“ต๐”€๐“ช๐”‚๐“ผ & ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐Ÿฅ€ 

Donde Mueren las Palabras by Edgar Serrano is on view through November 22 (extending to Saturday!) Last chance to see the show and visit Brief Histories before we move out. 

Edgar Serrano
Always and Forever (20
View fullsize Edgar Serrano’s Donde Mueren las Palabras (2025) inspired the title of the show. It captures our moment, where words die but also where words have failed. Upending lessons in art history, Serrano uses modernist tropes as a leitmotif for the exh
View fullsize Proud Prophet (2025) by Edgar Serrano in the exhibition Donde Mueren las Palabras at Brief Histories through November 21. 

#edgarserrano #briefhistories @siempreserrano
View fullsize In The Return of Dr. Hardcore (2025), a scaled-up trompe l’oeil embroidered patch becomes a vivid painted confrontation. Death, horror, and power converge in the skull’s exaggerated grimace and military helmet, evoking the persistent pres
View fullsize My early encounters with art came through reproductions in books, magazines, album covers, stickers, and embroidered patches—and those images continue to inform my practice. My paintings explore the residual aura of memory that haunt these repr
View fullsize
View fullsize Just look at the world around you.
Actually—don’t look.

Fortune’s wheel is just for show—
A brutal turning.

Nothing changes—the slow grind.
Fancy language dies,
And everyone is glad to see it go.

Birds of prey stick t
View fullsize Bayan Kiwan ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ at Brief Histories is reviewed in @impulse_magazine_ written by Joey Mauro ๐ŸŸก 

@bayankiw @joeymauro #heatpressfoldbend #bayankiwan #briefhistories
View fullsize ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’… by ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง โœจ 

On view at Brief Histories through July 19, 2025 ๐Ÿƒ

@bayankiw #bayankiwan #heatpressfoldbend
View fullsize Central to the exhibition, ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ by ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป, is a large-scale painting composed of overlapping figures. The protagonists include friends and family, and as often depicted in her paintings, they are caught
View fullsize ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ at Brief Histories, Thursday-Saturday, 1-6pm, through July 19, 2025. 

Images:
Installation view of ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ at Brief Histories.

Bayan Kiwan
Fold XV, 2025
Ceram

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