Resistance and Myth

Resistance and Myth is a collective exploration of myth as both weapon and refuge.

Throughout history, myth has been wielded to consolidate power: shaping identity, rewriting history, and enforcing obedience through grand narratives, propaganda, and the seduction of the “official” story. In today’s endless churn of short-form video and curated feeds, our attention spans fracture, making it easier for authoritarian myths to slip into the collective psyche unnoticed. Yet myth also contains its own antidote: the capacity to ignite rebellion, to expose imposed realities, and to galvanize the imagination into acts of reinvention. This exhibition presents artists who operate in that charged space.

Accra Shepp’s Gunners harness formal technique and temporal tension to strip cultural filters from the narrative of contemporary gun ownership, using photography itself to dismantle myths of identity, fear, and power. Laurie Lipton’s meticulous draughtsmanship conjures graphite visions that reveal the hidden machinery beneath contemporary politics. Judy…