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In February 2025, at a gathering of artists and friends, William Norton learned that two gallery spaces—#104 and #108—at 37 North 15th Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn had become available. He had one week to assemble two exhibitions. He accepted the challenge.
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This marked the launch of PeepShow Space Redux, a continuation of the original PeepShow Space Gallery, which Norton ran from September 2020 through November 2021. The project is not just a revival but an expansion. Norton and co-founder Wade Bonds aim to provide a venue where curators can test their vision, introducing perspectives beyond their own.
For the inaugural exhibitions, Bonds curated a solo show of Norton’s work in Gallery Room #108. In Gallery Room #104, guest curator Chris Ketchie assembled a solo show of Yukari Edamitsu’s work, reinforcing the gallery’s commitment to external curatorial voices. The space also includes a conference room, where each artist presents an additional piece. The next two exhibitions are already lined up for when these shows close.
Yukari Edamitsu: A Path to Light
Curated by Chris Ketchie, Gallery Room 104
In A Path to Light, Yukari Edamitsu presents five works created between 2023 and 2025. The exhibition engages with transcendence, merging Japanese aesthetics with Western contemporary art. The central work, Reincarnation, is a large-scale composition on paper. A canvas—removed from its stretcher, its structure undone—finds a new form adhered to paper. Within it, negative spaces emerge: cutouts shaped by the artist tracing her own shadow at different angles.
These voids suggest different selves and different lives, reinforcing the idea of an endless cycle of death and rebirth. The work recalls the vertical scrolls of Japanese tradition but also functions as a contemporary document of transformation. Three additional paintings on canvas, each composed of dense and layered surfaces, further explore Edamitsu’s process. The movement of the hand and the progression of the eye—are both embedded in these works.
William Norton’s Goddess: Myth, Memory, and the Art of Cultural Connection
Curated by Wade Bonds is in Gallery Room 108.
Norton’s exhibition consists of six paintings and one sculpture, unified by the image of Mount Fuji. The mountain, long mythologized, takes on an explicit political dimension. Japan, the only nation to have experienced nuclear devastation in war, has since positioned Fuji as a symbol of reconstruction and peace. Norton’s paintings engage with this history. Critic William Corwin, writing in Gallery & Studio Arts Journal, describes Norton’s depictions of Fuji as “glimpses of Nirvana, appearing on the strangest materials in unexpected circumstances.” The work does not imitate traditional Japanese representations of the mountain but filters it through a Western gaze, reinforcing that cultural exchange is not about replication but transformation.
At the core of this series is Goddess, a body of work referencing Konohanasakuya-hime, the goddess of Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms. She embodies both power and fragility, a duality that underlines the entire show. Norton’s work considers permanence and impermanence—how myth, like culture, is in constant flux. In a moment of increasing global instability, the exhibition asks whether cultural integration is possible or if it remains an ideal. The sculpture, Konohanasakuya-hime: Umbrella Figure for Hong Kong and Japan, completed in December 2023, is the oldest piece in the exhibition. The remaining works were produced in late 2024 and early 2025, reinforcing the immediacy of Norton’s engagement with these themes.
PeepShow Space Redux: A Space for Experimentation and Collaboration
PeepShow Space Redux offers curators a place to explore and refine their ideas. The decision to launch with a guest curator, Chris Ketchie, signals a commitment to multiple perspectives rather than a singular artistic vision. Building on the foundation of the original PeepShow Space, this initiative expands the gallery’s purpose. Exhibitions function as more than presentations of work; they become opportunities for artistic and curatorial exchange. Norton and Bonds have established a structure designed to evolve with the curators and artists who engage with it.
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Yukari Edamitsu @yukariedamitsu and William Norton @norton_william
at PeepShow space Redux, @norton_curatorial_projects
37 North 15th Street.
Curated by Wade Bonds @wadebonds and Chris Ketchie @ckny1800
Open weekends 12-6 pm from through March 29, 2025, and by appointment. Email: thewilliamnorton@gmail.com | wbonds@gmail.com | yukariedamitsu30@gmail.com