Always Almost
Location:
Littman galleryRunning:
10.26.26 – 01.22.27Opening Reception:
11.05.26, 5 - 8pmFeaturing:
Mae Al-JibooriProgram Description:
The experience of living in perpetual nearness: almost understood, almost held, almost home. It is an acknowledgment that what remains incomplete carries the greatest weight.
Artist Statement:
Drawn to the human condition and thought-provoking art that forces its viewer to feel a sense of vulnerability. My work explores how closeness can both ground and unravel us — revealing the state of constant negotiation between connection and loss. It is less about depicting figures and more about revealing the inner pulse of being — the sensation of living within conflict, desire, and the endless attempt to reach toward another.
Curatorial Statement by Deven Truong
To me, “Always Almost” tries to find an answer to a shared desire for connection we all need to survive. Especially when one enters new spaces, finding community is a dizzying spiral of acquaintances and mind games, a roller coaster that seems unending. I’m not sure that we get the answer to the questions that arise in our minds when looking at this exhibition, but similar to the murky relationships between others and ourselves being examined in Mae’s work, we are given a chance to peak over the opaque water of relationships and perception, a bird’s eye view over the emotional burdens of “almost.