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Reception for Sutura by Abigail Reyes; Observer Observed by Jamie Acker; Selected Works by CJ Davis
The Liliana Bloch Gallery is proud to close its 2025 programming with new works from Abigail Reyes, Jaime Acker & C.J. Davis that will be on display from November 1–December 27. The opening reception is on November 1st, 5–7 PM.
The gallery is open from Thursday to Saturday, 12 to 5 pm, or by appointment.
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Sutura by Abigail Reyes, is a deeply personal and poetic exploration of healing, memory, and resilience. Created during a period of illness, the work parallels the artist’s physical recovery with the fractures in her home in El Salvador, linking bodily and structural mending. Her stitched works reveal strength through repair—transforming damage into beauty.
Reyes, an artist, graphic designer, and poet from La Libertad, El Salvador, uses text and language as acts of resistance and restoration. She has exhibited internationally, including at the Norton Museum of Art (Miami), Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (Costa Rica), MARTE Museum (El Salvador), Museo Jumex (Mexico City), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), and the Swiss Institute (New York) and is held in the permanent collections of the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), and the Kadist Collection (Paris).
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Observer Observed, a new photographic installation and social art project by Jaime Acker originated from a reciprocal portrait exchange. The project then evolved into collaborations with multiple artists and models, each photographed in their own curated environments. The resulting portraits—bound into fifteen handmade books gifted to the subjects—explore vulnerability, authenticity, and the shared act of looking. Acker’s installation features book-like image constructions accompanied by written statements, inviting viewers to reengage with the work in a reflective, cyclical experience.
Based in Dallas, Acker examines gender and power through portraiture and performance, empowering genderqueer and feminist identities. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois, Chicago (BA) and Southern Methodist University (MFA). His work has appeared at 500X, Beefhaus Gallery, Dallas Medianale, Plush Gallery, Arts Libris (Barcelona), and the Porn Film Festivals in Berlin, San Francisco, and Vienna, and is held in the collections of UT Denton, SMU (Dallas), Loyola University (New Orleans), and the Santa Fe Art Institute.
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Selected works from C.J. Davis, featuring pieces from his poignant series Good Morning Mr. Cow trace a 16-year journey through sculptures, drawings, and paintings that honor the love and loss of the artist’s life partner. Spanning early wood sculptures from 2010, intimate pieces once given as gifts, and large drawings created during Bill’s final days in September 2025, this collection narrates the beginning, middle, and end of a life shared through art. The gallery is humbled by Davis’s generosity in sharing this deeply personal body of work.
Influenced by post-minimalism and informal aesthetics, Davis’s practice embraces imperfection and intuition while remaining deliberate in form. A BFA graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Davis has been active in the Dallas art community for over two decades. His work has been exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Goss-Michael Foundation, Owens Art Center (SMU), Oliver Francis Gallery, and Plush Gallery, among others.
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