Rather than treating photographs as smooth, weightless images, Images on the HOOK pays attention to their weight, edges, and slightly awkward ways of existing in space. In this exhibition, images are printed, transferred, painted over, layered, and suspended; they cling to silk, sit on panels and cardboard, and slip into zines and long strips of paper. The show looks at what happens when images stop pretending to be transparent “views” and start admitting that they are also objects—with gravity, texture, and hardware—quietly hooked into bodies, architecture, and everyday systems.

The exhibition features work by
Eimar Bello, Zhenye Feng, Shangchen Ju, Hayley Kim, Anisa Vida Lopez, Zhongxuan Niu, Annie Stone, Yuchen Xu, Xiang Zhou, and Rob Croll.