THE BODY REMEMBERS
David Klein Gallery, 2025
David Klein Gallery is pleased to announce The Body Remembers, a group exhibition featuring new and recent work by Christian Curiel, Iris Eichenberg, Chelsea Harris, Kim McCarty, Alex McQuilkin, Neha Vedpathak, and Mia Weiner. The exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday, December 13th from 5–8 PM. An artist talk, moderated by Iris Eichenberg, will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
The Body Remembers explores the figure, the landscape, and the porous boundaries between them. Through painting, installation, watercolor, handwoven tapestry, and works on paper, the artists consider how the body serves as a site of memory, intimacy, and encounter. The initial concept of the exhibition emerged from Iris Eichenberg’s most recent body of work: a constellation of portraits on paper, ceramic, and fabric that form an unexpected landscape of objects and images. The interplay between body and place forms the connective thread uniting the artists in the exhibition. These objects collectively reflect the emotional, psychological, and sensorial dimensions of human experience.
Drawing from magic realism and Latin American cultural references, Christian Curiel’s paintings create a vivid tableau depicting figures in moments that are at once dreamlike and real. Through vibrant colors and layered materials, he constructs rich narratives that explore the fragile space between dreaming and waking. Rooted in memory and adolescence, his work reflects the twin themes of belonging and identity, as he attempts to capture the complex psychic tension associated with a young person coming of age.
Across the exhibition, these artists present bodies that dissolve into landscapes, dream states that feel vividly real, and quiet moments of intimacy that hover between the everyday and the surreal. Together, their works offer a multifaceted consideration of how the body remembers—physically, emotionally, and imaginatively.
About David Klein Gallery
Founded in 1990 in Birmingham, Michigan, David Klein Gallery has established a reputation for presenting significant national and regional contemporary artists alongside a robust program of Post-War American and European art. Over the past three decades, the gallery has organized historical surveys of major twentieth-century figures including Alexander Calder, Richard Diebenkorn, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Alex Katz, and Bob Thompson.
The gallery produces large scale exhibitions of painting, sculpture, photography, and installation by emerging, mid-career, and established contemporary artists. Exhibited artists include Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Susan Goethel Campbell, Jack Craig, Iris Eichenberg, Kim McCarty, Marianna Olague, Scott Reeder, Kelly Reemtsen, Leif Ritchey, Robert Schefman, Rosalind Tallmadge, and Neha Vedpathak.
Throughout its thirty-five-year history, the gallery has cultivated a dynamic dialogue between contemporary and historical practices. By working closely with the estates of Al Held, Clement Meadmore, Robert Motherwell, and Jack Tworkov, David Klein Gallery continues to present exhibitions that deepen and contextualize its vision for contemporary art in Detroit. This commitment, paired with a diverse roster of exceptional artists, affirms its standing as one of the leading galleries in the Midwest. David Klein Gallery is the only Detroit-based member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
The gallery has long supported collectors, artists, and institutions through active collaboration and placement of works in major museums, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Cranbrook Art Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Flint Institute of Arts, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the International African American Museum. In addition to its robust exhibition schedule across both metro Detroit locations, the gallery participates annually in art fairs in New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles.
