The Democracy Chain

Liam Everett, “the passenger”
by Barbara Morris

Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Continuing through October 24, 2026

Artwork: Liam Everett, “Untitled (even if the sea is asleep,” 2026, ink, oil, sand, wood ash on linen, 60 x 79”.

Liam Everett poetically suggests the works in “the passenger” are just “thin nets to catch the light,” indicative of his ambivalent relationship to the canvas. The title, relates to Everett's questioning the nature of consciousness, i.e. “who is the passenger” residing in our mortal coil?

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