The natural rhythm of tidal movement — the rise and fall of sea levels guided by the gravitational forces of the Moon and Sun — as a poetic metaphor for the cycles inherent in art, culture, and personal expression.
Like the ocean’s tides, art exists in perpetual motion: ideas surface and recede, aesthetics ebb and flow, and creative energies push and pull between extremes of clarity and chaos, tradition and innovation.
This exhibition explores the tension and harmony within those cycles — highlighting the work of emerging and mid-career artists whose practices reflect transitional moments, cyclical processes, and the evolution of thought. Each piece in the show may reflect a state of flux, emergence, or retreat, inviting viewers to contemplate their own inner tides and the forces — both seen and unseen — that shape their trajectories.
"Emerging Tides" presents a range of mediums including painting and sculpture— selected for their ability to engage with ideas of rhythm, repetition, transformation, and gravity, both literal and metaphorical. The layout of the exhibition encourages movement, allowing visitors to flow through the space in waves, with works placed in conversation to mimic the cadence of natural tidal cycles — sometimes swelling into dense clusters, sometimes thinning into calm, open intervals.