Asuka Anastacia Ogawa (L) Martine Gutierrez (R)

In the entryway, two works confront and reframe the gaze. On the left, Untitled (2023) by Asuka Anastacia Ogawa renders a meditative figure in layered, dreamlike hues. On the right, Martine Gutierrez’s Neo-Indeo, Glamour is a Heavy Burden (2018) takes the form of a high-fashion editorial, boldly inserting the artist’s image into spaces historically shaped by exclusion. Together, the works establish a tone of agency, transformation, and self-possession from the moment of arrival.