Amy Pleasant

This Fragile Thing
whitespace gallery
Atlanta, Georgia
September 6-October 18, 2025

Photography by Mike Jensen

Amy Pleasant’s solo exhibition This Fragile Thing was formed around a series of images that have evolved over the last 5 years. Through her drawing process, shapes emerge that inform her drawing, painting and sculptural work. These figurative images continue to transform in both shape and meaning over time.

The centerpiece of the exhibition is a diptych titled Double Prop, each panel depicting a seated figure folding in on itself, propping its weight on bended knee in a protective and restful posture. Hung on the same wall, but spaced at a distance, they mirror each other, leaning forward as if to close the gap between them.

Neck, a series of 6 ink and gouache works on paper, stack in the shape of a pyramid, a symbol of both death and afterlife. The gouache shapes represent the space between the neck and chest, one of the most vulnerable parts of the body.

The powder-coated aluminum sculpture, Pivot, reveals a female torso twisting in a gesture that simultaneously touches the ground and reaches for the sky.

The works included in the exhibition This Fragile Thing are populated with images of the body falling, folding, collapsing, and twisting, all which speak to the instability and weight of this moment in time and its effects on our physical and mental well-being.

Individual works on view

Cary Norton Photography