Palimpsest (n): a parchment or other writing surface on which the original text has been effaced or partially erased, and then overwritten by another.
“We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.”
― Anais Nin

Letitia Huckaby “Not for Sale” 2020, Pigment print on cotton fabric with embroidery hoop, courtesy of the artist and Foto Relevance, Houston, TX.

Cody Bratt “Torn Asunder” 2019 from The Other Stories series, courtesy of the artist.

Deborah Roberts “Miseducation of Mimi, #152” 2013-2017, collage, mixed media, courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.

Jerry Takigawa “Yes. Yes.” 2016, courtesy of the artist, Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA and Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.

Kyle Meyer “Unidentified 81″ 2018, Archival pigment print handwoven with wax print cloth, 36″ x 54”, courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.

Cathy Cone “Garden Manuscript” 2020, from the A cappella Crack series, courtesy of the artist and Big Town Gallery, Rochester, Vermont.

Matthew Pillsbury “Subway Therapy 2, Union Square, New York City, December 3, 2016” from the series Sanctuary, courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, NYC.

Rachel Perry “Lost in My Life (Seated Receipts)” 2016, Pigmented ink print on paper, 90″x 60″, courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York.

Laura Letinsky “Untitled #12” 2010 from the series Ill Form and Void Full, Archival pigment print, courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York.

Krista Svalbonas “Migrants 17” 2014, from the Migrants series, courtesy of the artist and Klompching Gallery, NYC.

Rich Frishman “Colored Entrance, Saenger Theater, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2018” from the series The Ghosts of Segregation, courtesy of the artist.

Catherine Panebianco “Domesticated Domicile” 2019, courtesy of the artist.

Claudia Ruiz Gustafson “Qué solo me he quedado en esta sombra tan sóla (How lonely I am in this lonely shadow)” 2019 from the series Poet of the Lake, courtesy of the artist.

Caleb Cole “Sunday” 2012, from the series Odd One Out, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.

Katrien de Blauwer “Rendez-vous (11)” 2013, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris.
Palimpsest is guest-curated by Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.