All Street Gallery Opening: Pit of Desire, Garden of Prosperity

        All Street Gallery is proud to present Pit of Desire, Garden of Prosperity, an exhibition curated by Lauren Hirshfield featuring works by Devra Fox, Kat Ryals, Jackie Slanley, Rosalie G. Smith, and Lauren Murao Walkiewicz, on view from August 7 to August 30, 2025, at All Street Gallery’s Chinatown location (119 Hester Street, New York, NY 10002). An opening reception will be held on Thursday, August 7, from 6 – 9 pm. A collaborative iteration of Hirshfield’s event series Supper Social and All Street’s All Around the Table, as well as a curator-led tour, will occur on August 19 and 26, respectively.

        Pit of Desire, Garden of Prosperity engages in themes of ecofuturism and collectivism by offering visions of a post-anthropocentric natural order. Across the works, physical, emotional, and spiritual boundaries are blurred beyond definition. Each artist is speculating on the collectivist possibilities of how humans, plants, animals, and machines may merge in response to global upheaval. Despite humanity’s destruction, nature will find ways to flourish without us. This exhibition suggests that building a prosperous future requires decentering human-only desire in favor of a nonhierarchical, hybridized ecosystem. More information on our website: https://allstnyc.com/hester-pit-of-desire,-garden-of-prosperity.