Circle Contemporary

Hi folks,

Many, Many Thanks to all who came out for the opening of our current exhibition Wild Thing GUEST CURATED BY PIA SINGH, on view through July 10th.

Please reach out to [email protected] for appointments.

Featuring:

Elena Ailes – Chris Austin – Sayera Anwar – Cecilia Beaven – Renata Berdes – Chris Bradley – Zachary Cahill – Isamu Guy Conners – Mari Eastman – Sam Filicky – Joshi Radin Flores – Rosemary Hall – Erin Hayden – Lucy Cash and Mark Jeffery – Lawrence M. – Allyson Packer – Jasmeen Patheja – Carol Pyes – Tongji Philip Qian – Kellie Romany – D. Rosen – Alex Scott – Jacqueline Surdell – Chris Viau – Jean Wilson

Since 2020, Meta’s algorithm has been flooded with snippets of interspecies empathy- animals in different states of crisis have begun to display “human-like” behavior. From birds caring for pregnant felines, to horses rearing rabbits, or the story of a raccoon and dog forming a lifelong bond… existing (and surviving) stressors of climate catastrophe, war, and urban degradation, we quietly watch primates hug one another, refuse abandonment despite human threat, touching and protecting one another in ways that exceed the human affective awareness.

Wild Thing traces these parallel trajectories and continuities, not just between the bipeds and beasts, but more broadly, within the worlds of artists. Seeking visions and eccentricities from Arts of Life’s studio artists paired with contemporaries of our time, Wild Thing will explore the evolution of all animals, some beasts, and other mutants (some more mutant than others) to explore what remains to be learned from our fellow species. At a time when less-than-human empathies and kindness seem to exceed more-than-human cravings for interplanetary domination, worldly greed, and bloodlust, several artists collectively scratch at the uncanny zone between human-animal-nature, questioning hierarchical notions of humans being ‘higher’ or more evolved in our understanding, in the scala naturae.

Guest curator hours:
June 12th, 2026
5:00 – 8:00 pm.

REMINDER!!! Our intrepid guest curator will be hosting EXPO walkthrough hours for their exhibition The Threshold Varies this Saturday April 11th, from 5-8 pm.

RADAR is pleased to present The Threshold Varies, a group exhibition featuring artists who engage in perception as something that is variable, contingent, and unstable.

Artists include Elizabeth Allen-Cannon, Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez, Ben Gould, Paul Heyer, Katrina Jackson, Will Krauland, Lawrence M., Susan Pasowicz, Forrest Frederick, Noelia Towers, and Lucy Walsh.


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Special thanks to and for the printing and mounting assistance.

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Saturday, April 11th from 5:00-8:00pm
During EXPO ART WEEK, join guest curator Madeline Gallucci—artist and founder of RADAR—for an inside look at the exhibition The Threshold Varies. Gallucci will share insights into the curatorial framework behind the exhibition and discuss RADAR’s mission to support Midwest artists through emerging and collaborative initiatives.

The Threshold Varies brings together 11 artists who treat perception as something that is variable, contingent, and unstable. Featuring Elizabeth Allen-Cannon, Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez, Ben Gould, Paul Heyer, Katrina Jackson, Will Krauland, Lawrence M, Susan Pasowicz, Forrest Frederick, Noelia Towers, and Lucy Walsh, the works in the exhibition operate between containment and overflow, hovering at the limits of visibility and testing how intensity becomes legible.