Loose Grip
144 Vanderbilt Ave #3E, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Opening reception: May 13, 2026, 6–9 PM
Brooklyn NY - Loose Grip is a group exhibition organized by Luke Malaney, taking place within a two-bedroom apartment at 144 Vanderbilt Ave in Brooklyn, NY developed by Tankhouse and designed by SO-IL.
The exhibition began with the opportunity to inhabit the space, an apartment not typically used for exhibition and unfolded organically from there. The artists included are those whose practices resonate with one another through material engagement and a commitment to making that remains close to the hand.
At a certain point youʼre in the weeds with it, and the next thing you know, youʼre out the other side. Itʼs a ride you donʼt step off of, you just learn how to stay on. Thatʼs where the discoveries happen. There is no outside position, only the act of staying with it long enough for something to emerge.
The works in Loose Grip span different materials and disciplines but are united by a shared approach: each piece made intuitively by the hand of the artist, without distance or delegation. Process-led and materially direct, no separation no fluff.
Taking its title from a phrase that suggest both control and release, Loose Grip gestures toward a way of working that is tentative and not rigid - open to variation, friction and discovery.
“A Loose Grip rings the dinner bell.”
Artists
Luke Malaney
Adam Cutts
Chelsey Pettyjohn
Quinn Sherman
Richard Snyder
Mia Morel
Daniel Weiss
Panos Mavridis
Louis Sarowsky
Photography by Jack DeMarzo.