BOWERY NATION: BIRDS ARE TALKING
Venus Over Manhattan, May 13 – June 7, 2025
In Bowery Nation: Birds Are Talking, the works on sleep linens capture lush visual improvisations that fuse references to Plains Indian winter counts, pop-cultural graphics, and the radical openness of Manhattan’s post-punk scene. Kahlhamer was initially drawn to painting on bedsheets for their portability and responsiveness to varied mediums, seeing parallels to Lakota winter counts—historic pictorial calendars painted on hides or cloth. Much like winter counts, these paintings feature no fixed beginning or end point, instead offering a dreamlike tapestry of figures, symbols, and vignettes.
From Venus Over Manhattan Press Release
