Good Naked is pleased to present:
THE PROTAGONIST @ Upstate Art Weekend
A group exhibition hosted by The Clearing
308 Cragsmoor Road / Pine Bush NY 12566
PREVIEW /
BY APPOINTMENT June 13 - June 26
OPEN /
Saturday, June 27 / 12 - 8 pm
Sunday, June 28 / 12 - 6 pm
& by appointment / info@goodnakedgallery.com
PERFORMANCES /
Saturday, June 27 / 4, 6 & 7 pm
Sunday, June 28 / 2 & 3 pm
This summer, Good Naked Gallery x The Clearing invite you to THE PROTAGONIST, an immersive group exhibition that winds through the woods of Cragsmoor, NY. The exhibition will be open Saturday & Sunday, June 27th & 28th from 12-6pm.
Artworks with central-figure energy move through the woods, each carrying an implied narrative and a sense of possible response to a world in chaos. This exhibition centers on the moment of beginning — the day you come to light and decide to act. It holds the energy of the new moon: a threshold, a reset, a quiet but decisive turn away from old patterns.
These works propose doing over apathy. They lean into bravery without certainty, acknowledging the real possibility of failure while insisting on forward motion. They return to the origin point—the feeling of starting, of not knowing, of choosing anyway — and ask what it means to begin again with that same urgency.
In the woods, each figure stands as a proxy for independent thought: resisting the pull of collective stagnation, refusing the gravity of group malaise. The works suggest a dispersed field of individuals, each moving from the heart, each navigating their own path while aware of larger forces moving around them.
THE PROTAGONIST is not a singular hero but a condition — an invitation to step into agency, to act with intention, and to re-enter the world with clarity, even when the outcome is unknown.
Featuring works by:
Glenn Baldridge
Corinne Beardsley
Claire Lachow
Gracelee Lawrence
Claudia Bitran
Angela Conant
Sam Harmon
Sophie Kahn
Trevor King
Jason Mones
Lara Saget
Louise Sheldon
David B. Smith
Ryan Blair Sullivan
Performances by:
Matthew Freeman
Zebadiah Keneally
Lo Smith
Videos by:
Blake Marques Carrington
Gary Cullen & David Pierce
David Kennedy Cutler
Asa Gauen
Grayson Cox & Bradford Devins
MOKO Fukuyama
Nazanin Noroozi
Hollis Witherspoon
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