Josefina Auslender + Tom Butler | Portland Press Herald
October 29, 2023 | Jorge Arango
Two Artists Process Trauma in Works Up in Woolwich
Here’s the thing about trauma, grief and loss: Profound chasms of them can open up inside of you at any point in the day or night, long after they occurred. They can swallow you by surprise and make you feel suddenly drowning or adrift in a void of intractable memory. This is abundantly clear at Sarah Bouchard Gallery in Woolwich, in her last show of the 2023 season: “Josefina Auslender + Tom Butler, in conversation” (though Dec. 15).
