Curated by Peter Makebish, “A Seven-day Show” opened on October 20, and will be on view through October 27, 2026, at The Hole, 312 Bowery, New York, New York. The artists in this group show include Sante D’Orazio, Nathan Dilworth, Michael Harnish, Jeff Hippenstiel, and, representing the Caribbean, Puerto Rican artist Enoc Pérez. (See more information below.)
Description: Five artists and seven days—one special guest curator, Peter Makebish! In his words:
The exhibition grew out of an organic process. It began with a single painting (above) and an attraction to its use of color. That initial impulse led to another, and then another, until color itself became the central focus of the work. I didn’t set out with a00 fixed idea or intention; the paintings evolved intuitively, each representing a different process, yet continually returning to color.
Somewhere along the way, the process began to reflect something more personal— a sense of what I was feeling, and perhaps what I needed in my life at that moment. The exhibition became as much an exploration of that instinct as it was an exploration of color itself.
Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing to figure out. Just color, rhythm, and a streamlined sense of beauty.
Biography of Enoc Pérez (Ben Brown Fine Arts): Enoc Perez, born in San Juan in 1967, is known for his luminous paintings and oil stick drawings that depict modernist architecture and monuments – structures once imagined as symbols of progress, luxury, or power. Over the years, he has developed a distinct visual language, using these buildings and interiors not simply for their form, but as vessels through which to explore identity, desire, history, and the mechanics of influence. His work draws on the seductive pull of visual media – vintage advertising, contemporary celebrity culture, and the curated surfaces of social media – offering a layered meditation on how images shape collective memory and aspiration.
Perez completed a BFA at Pratt Institute, New York, and then received an MFA in Fine Art from Hunter College, New York. Perez has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Dallas Contemporary, Dallas; UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles; and at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami; and at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), San Juan. He has featured in important group exhibitions internationally including Dimensions Variables at Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris; City Self at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago; Caribbean: Crossroads of the World (2012 – 2013) at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Queens Museum of Art, New York and El Museo del Barrio, New York; The Undiscovered Country at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and Dear Painter, paint me… at Centre Pompidou, Paris in 2002. Perez’s artworks sit in the collections of major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; British Museum, London; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; New York Public Library, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan.
For more information, see https://thehole.com/exhibitions/a-seven-day-show
See more about the gallery at https://thehole.com/about/#bowery
For more on Enoc Pérez, see https://www.benbrownfinearts.com/artists/185-enoc-perez/