By Forces Unseen

Both artists in Sapovnela at 11 Newel Gallery – curated by Tessa Krieg – mobilize the unseen and uncontrollable in creating their work. Leila Spilman uses natural decay and supposedly supernatural electrophotography to make prints of great material and historical complexity. Ryan DaWalt harnesses magnetism and ultraviolet light, resulting in paintings that glow and wire sculptures held in tense equilibrium by unseen forces.