"Thanks to impermanence, everything is  possible." ~ Nhat Hanh

Elijah Wheat Showroom is enthralled to present a group photography exhibition about accepting impermanence, “Unfixxxed,” in its Newburgh, NY kunsthalle. The show will begin on 18 October and run through 15 December, 2025. with an opening celebration on 25 October from 4PM-8PM. Artists’ works included are:

Alex Yudzon

Ana Mendieta

Azikiwe Mohammed

Ghost of a Dream

Gordon Matta-Clark

Heather Renee Russ

Jackie Furtado

Johannah Herr

Jon Verney

Lauren Silberman

Liz Nielsen

Marlos E’van

Michal Rovner

Shirin Neshat

Tianyi Zhang

Young Sun Han

The fleeting moments of light in life captured, contained and presented are more than just a decisive recording of wavelengths. They’re thoughtful exchanges between the materiality of our Earthly forms and the spirit that lingers in our meat-suit. Conceptually, the most remarkable thing about photography is that its imagery will never change, it stays still. Yet, the setting, the people, the artists are all affected by time. Upending the contemporary burst of social shutter, public image-makers’ current obsession with documenting and curating their memories fall prey to these experimental, sometimes non-representational image makers, ‘drawing with light.’ Instantaneous gratification is far from what artists  in this exhibition represent. They conjure the soul’s permanence, and suspend beliefs of finite corporality.

Amongst this daunting national crisis, we are brought together in-person again to examine our relationship to image making with the hopes to find comfort in that which we already know: The only constant is change. Impermanence of our lifetimes on Earth, our fleeting joys, as we contemplate the polarities. Such as, the joys of experiencing pleasure, only if we’ve already known pain. We are brought to the space to acknowledge our rage, our anger, our duty to stand-up in the face of prescribed fear mongering.

The spirit of art shifts too, with the powers-that-be. Someone recently shared an idea with me. This has spurred the foundation of thought towards this photo exhibition about accepting impermanence.

In a Theocracy, art is a reliquary.

In a Capitalist society, art is a commodity.

In an Authoritarian society, art is propaganda.

Using the gallery platform for activism, Elijah Wheat cheers the intellects, the critical thinkers, the breadth of creatives doing what they know best to resist a political nightmare.  We engage what we can to encourage conversations and transformation, and to build a thriving resistance.

"By contemplating the impermanence of everything in the world, we are forced to recognize that every time we do something it could be the last time we do it, and this recognition can invest the things we do with a significance and intensity that would otherwise be absent. We will no longer sleepwalk through our life." ~ William Braxton Irvine

UPCOMING PROGRAMMING:

Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda.

As we participate in this movement, Fall For Freedoms is activating a nationwide wave of creative resistance. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment. Elijah Wheat intends to celebrate the experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the fabric of our nation.

Art matters. Artists are a threat to American fascism.

4:00PM 
Saturday 
22 November, 2025

Join Elijah Wheat Showroom for an artist meet, greet, Q&A, and mixer with some of the participants in Unfixxxed. Queries will address fearless authenticity through the lens in the face of fascism. How do photographs and photographers subvert a narrative with truth, integrity, subtlety, and honest intentions in the face of the current state of the media and the 'powers that be?' We intend to tackle non-fictitious ideas leading Photography’s activism within documentary, alongside the importance of photographic artists subverting the mainstream dialogue. Yet, encouragement continues to be  focused on recording light, and creating longevity with a voice of a thriving resistance in the face of authoritarianism. Artists/curators present will include: 

Co-Moderated by Jessamyn Fiore—Director, The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, and Carolina Wheat, Director of Elijah Wheat Showroom

With artists:

Liz Nielsen—Photographic Artist/Light Painter & Co-founder, Elijah Wheat Showroom

Young Sun Han—Activist Artist/Performer, Organizer & Educator

Heather Renée Russ—Multidisciplinary Artist

Marlos E'van-Artist/Performer Activist

Lauren Silberman-documentary photogropher

And more. After, stay for a queer-vibe-third-space dance party with music by DJ Lena starting after a dinner break about 8PM.  We welcome those that want to disrupt the system through art, however, RSVP is required.