July 18, 2026 - August 15, 2026
Before words are read, they are shapes; before they are interpreted, they are marks, objects, sounds, and material traces. The artists in this exhibition explore what happens when language is transformed into architecture, pattern, archaeological trace, visual form, and recorded object. In doing so, they reveal meaning not as something fixed within language itself, but as something continually produced through acts of looking, listening, recognition, and interpretation. Each of the participating artists investigates the ways meaning is encoded, not always through words themselves, but through symbols, abstraction, material, and gesture. In doing so, they create works that mimic or invoke language without relying on the viewer's ability to read them. Rather than asking viewers simply to decode what they encounter, the works gathered here reveal that meaning is rarely fixed or universal.
For more information or a list of available works, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com
Installation View
The Shape of LanguageJuly 18th to August 15th, 2026
Installation View
The Shape of LanguageJuly 18th to August 15th, 2026
Installation View
The Shape of LanguageJuly 18th to August 15th, 2026
Installation View
The Shape of LanguageJuly 18th to August 15th, 2026
Shawn Hunt
Rainforest Blues (Raven/Wolf) Totem
2025Acrylic on canvas
Gwenessa Lam
No Blame (Oracle Bone, UPenn)
2026Oil pastel, Flashe paint on paper
Gwenessa Lam
The Horse, Tiger, and Pregnant Elephant (Chia 2424, Oracle Bone, Academia Sinica)
2026Oil pastel, Flashe paint on paper
Hamed Rashtian
Curve
2022-2024Bronze
Hamed Rashtian
Trace
2022-2024Bronze
Sonny Assu
Gone Copper!
2015Copper and Wood
Neil Wedman
Newspaper #1
2011Pencil and India ink wash on paper
Neil Wedman
Newspaper #6
2011Pencil and India ink wash on paper