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Seasons Greetings, sisters. Below Grand is thrilled to announce part 1 of our winter programming, Happiness in Slavery, an installation by Iris Ward Loughran, curated by Aparna Sarkar in our window space at 53 orchard. Loughran says of the work, A large part of my site-based practice is conducting field research, in which I take photos, scavenge for objects, and make site-responsive installations. This sculpture was inspired by an object that I had collected while conducting field research at “The Playground”, the nickname I gave a New York City Parks department dumping ground on the Williamsburg waterfront. In 2021 I collected a chain ladder, a commonly seen piece of playground equipment, and was intrigued because the visual material of the chain directly contradicts the metaphor of a ladder that can take you closer to God. I made a replica of the chain ladder taller and freestanding by welding each chain link together. While working on this piece I thought about liberation and the chains that we hold on to in the form of internalized oppressions and white supremacy, which will never set us free. On view 12/23-1/03 “Happiness in Slavery”, 2025, stainless steel chain, threaded rod, acorn nuts, aluminum tubing, 84”x64”x36” @parpo10 @iriswloughran

Final day: ‘yachachiqniykunapaq’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Carlos Jimenez Cahua Jimenez Cahua’s presentation is understood as just one part of a much larger choreography of repair and return. There is, too, a kind of mirrored journey in these objects’ travels: once displaced from their lands through colonial extraction, they now meet again with people of Andean descent whose own migrations were often shaped by those same forces. Both the objects and their caretakers have traveled far from home, yet here—across centuries and dislocation—they are now reunited. Open today thru 6pm @ 53 Orchard @heavymetalcurator

Final week: ‘Microplastics in My Genitals’ curated by Mo Kong featuring work by Terrance James Jr. “‘Gender! Sex! Sexuality! Race! Ability! Class!’ is violently encoded in us, distorting our perception of the world and those around us. Our curiosity is often met with, ‘Boys don’t do this, and girls do that; boys don’t play with dolls, boys play with action figures.’ Reinforcing what has been, we begin to align with what society determines acceptable, and if we do not, it’s beaten into us through shame and oppression. Children experience untold amounts of violence. Abuses we couldn’t name at the time. The ills of society seep in like phthalates, attached to the synthetic materials that many modern dolls are made of. ‘Capitalism! Industrialization! Mass production! Corporate Personhood! Profits! And…Plastic!’ Chemicals and microplastics flood our endocrine systems, disrupt our hormones, and yet, here we are, still playing.” – Terrance James Jr. Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 52 Allen @mosmosk @_terrancejames_

Final week: ‘The Christmas Show’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Christopher Gambino At Below Grand, you’ll see the scene of the crime: The dressing room’s chair split in two, avatars of the maid and Christopher. Around them, carnage. A velvet frame, exploded bouquets, a shredded uniform, a mirror shattered into gossip, and a boudoir drunk on its own collapse. Window displays are always theatre, always mausoleums—perfumes and blouses rehearsing for the lives they will never live. Gambino seizes this form, twists it, and casts himself as the eternal understudy in his own spectacular demise: the life of an artist, the life of a star. These sculptures are not just props but players, not objects but mirrors. This year, everyone gets coal, but bring Christopher his flowers. Please. Fri-Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 53 Orchard @heavymetalcurator @christophergambino

On view now: ‘yachachiqniykunapaq’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Carlos Jimenez Cahua Carlos Jimenez Cahua Human figure Vicus culture 1st Century AD 7 ¾ x 5 ¼ x 5 inches Fri-Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 53 Orchard @heavymetalcurator

On view now: ‘Microplastics in My Genitals’ curated by Mo Kong featuring work by Terrance James Jr. “Play is extremely important for animals and humans alike for social development, and toys are a part of that matrix. Dolls have existed for millennia. Yet, once we discovered the self, anthropomorphic dolls became an extension of our imagination. In our youth, we learn to see the world through these toys, but all too often discard them as our innocence is chipped away. Eroded by forces we are yet to understand. But like a jolt of electricity, certain truths bear their fangs.” – Terrance James Jr. Terrance James Jr. Δelta, 2025 Dyed vinyl, acrylic, PU, stainless steel 16 x 15 x 13 inches Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 52 Allen @mosmosk @_terrancejames_

On view now: ‘The Christmas Show’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Christopher Gambino Christopher Gambino Star, 2025 Chair, stockings, resin, shoes 40 x 15 x 9 inches Fri-Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 53 Orchard @heavymetalcurator @christophergambino

On view now: ‘yachachiqniykunapaq’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Carlos Jimenez Cahua Rather than offering closure, makiykupi, hoqmanta, meaning, “in our hands, again” in Quechua, insists on complexity, foregrounding the ethical and practical dilemmas that attend any attempt at restitution. For example, repatriation to the Peruvian government is complicated by a lack of robust preservation of archaeological sites and Indigenous cultural patrimony, while leaving objects in foreign collections perpetuates their alienation from living traditions; yet dispersing these objects into domestic spaces presents its own risks and challenges as well. Jimenez Cahua embraces these potential pitfalls and imperfections, leaning into the messy and necessary work of devising community-based solutions for stewardship. Carlos Jimenez Cahua Human figure Vicus culture 1st Century AD 6 ¾ x 4 x 10 ¼ inches Fri-Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 53 Orchard @heavymetalcurator

On view now: ‘Microplastics in My Genitals’ curated by Mo Kong featuring work by Terrance James Jr. Terrance James Jr. (b. New Brunswick, NJ 1989) is an interdisciplinary artist and photographer based in Brooklyn, USA. He has exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as Pace Gallery, The Hole, Flux Factory, ICEBOX Project Space, GHOSTMACHINE, as well as at fairs and festivals including the Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China; Photoville in Brooklyn, NY; and SCOPE Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL. He attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2017 and was a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace participant in 2018-2019. He received his BA from The Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2011 and his MFA from Parsons The New School of Design in 2013. Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 52 Allen @mosmosk @_terrancejames_

Wak'a return, paint remains. ✨🌿 In the spirit of yachachiqniykunapaq, artist Carlos Jiménez Cahua invites you to an Andean face-painting workshop: a participatory ritual for activating memories, repatriating culture, and re-inscribing shared stories. Together we resurrect ancestral designs on living skin: a decolonial gesture, a collective creation, a reclaiming of memory. Join us on December 13th in this Historias event in dialogue with @belowgrandnyc 's latest solo exhibit of Carlos Jimenez Cahua's work! Free with RSVP. Space is limited. // Wak’a regresan, la pintura permanece. ✨🌿 En el espíritu de yachachiqniykunapaq, el artista Carlos Jiménez Cahua te invita a un taller andino de pintura facial: un ritual participativo para activar memorias, repatriar la cultura y reinscribir historias compartidas. Juntos resucitamos diseños ancestrales sobre piel viva: un gesto decolonial, una creación colectiva, un acto de recuperación de la memoria. Acompáñanos el 13 de diciembre para participar en este evento de Historias en diálogo con @belowgrandnyc y su exposición del arte de Carlos Jimenez Cahua. Gratis con confirmación de asistencia (RSVP). El espacio es limitado. #historias #theclemente #carlosjimenezcahua #andeanfacepainting

On view now: ‘The Christmas Show’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Christopher Gambino For this act, Gambino slays and revives Christmas reverie: a holiday beloved and beguiled, covetous and indulgent, homicidal and, most of all, festive. The storefront window, now a signature of Below Grand’s programming, becomes a forsaken, gnarled display, containing the broken and used set pieces and accompanying props from an upcoming performance that has already happened—and will debut soon, eventually. Fri-Sat 12-6 / by appt thru Dec 20 @ 53 Orchard @heavymetalcurator @christophergambino

On view now: ‘yachachiqniykunapaq’ curated by Jesse Firestone featuring work by Carlos Jimenez Cahua Carlos Jimenez Cahua siku (arka & ira), 2023 Welded aluminum 22 x 7 x 2 inches, 20 x 6 x 2 inches @heavymetalcurator