HARD 'N’ SOFT, a Group Exhibition at Brodin Gallery on Feb 26, 2026

Hard 'n' Soft at Brodin Gallery explores the contested boundary between rigidity and flexibility in contemporary art, bringing together artists who deliberately subvert the expected properties of their materials. Through bronze rendered weightless, stone veiled in delicacy, fiber assuming geometric precision, and paint dissolving solid form, these works challenge the material hierarchies that have long structured art historical discourse.

The exhibition centers on artists who refuse categorical certainty. Rather, the assumed behaviors of media become sites of transformation: rigid materials yield and soften, solid forms turn fluid, soft substances achieve architectural presence. By inverting our expectations of how materials should perform, these artists invite us to reconsider not only the nature of their chosen media but the perceptual frameworks through which we encounter contemporary art itself.

Curated by: 

This collaborative exhibition is co-curated by art_works and Abigail Ogilvy Gallery and hosted by Brodin Gallery at their Los Angeles space location in West Hollywood.

Artists:

Mishael Coggeshall-Burr

Tallulah Dirnfeld

Yasmine Esfandiary

Cassandra C. Jones

Wilhelm Neusser

Alison Croney Moses

Katrina Sánchez

Elspeth Schulze

Leigh Suggs

Dates:

February 26 - April 11, 2026

Opening: Thursday, February 26th from 5:00 - 9:00 PM

Location: Brodin Gallery

1128 North Highland Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90028

Hours:

Monday–Friday, 10 am–4 pm

Saturday–Sunday by appointment