August 6 - September 1, 2026

Animal House: Katharine Butler, Vija Doks, Barbara Lubliner, Ira Pearlstein, and Nieves Saah

Friends & Family Four: Olivia Beens, Karin Bruckner, Helen Iranyi, Judith Iranyi, Lynn Katsafouros, Phyllis Manner, Vera Sapozhnikova, Stewart Siskind, Debra Salomon, Gail Winbury, and Young Ja Yoon

On the Wall: Joysticks Elisabeth Jacobsen

Reception: Thursday, August 6, 6 - 8pm

Carter Burden Gallery presents three exhibitions: Animal House featuring depictions of animals across multiple mediums; Friends and Family Four bring together an extraordinary combination of eleven different artist; and Joysticks a large-scale installation celebrating spirit and community by Elisabeth Jacobsen. The reception will be on Thursday, August 6 from 6pm to 8pm. The exhibitions run from August 6 – September 1, 2026, at 548 West 28th Street in New York City. The gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Animal House

Barbara Lubliner aims to portray both hope and self-awareness in her plastic bottle dogs. The bottles are transformed into fun, loving dogs to embody positive transformation and action while still retaining their identifiable shape to raise awareness of post-consumer waste. Ira Pearlstein’s work is created from found objects. He has a collection of materials found in the streets, waterways, and his local salvage yard. Giving a new life to objects brings him great joy. Katharine Butler is both an artist and committed environmentalist. Her work showcases her interest and dedication to the environment and nature. Nieves Saah uses rich, contrasting colors to construct complex paintings. Often, she sets asides works for long stretches of time before returning and bringing it to fruition. Vija Doks creates work to showcase the diversity and beauty of animals. She hopes to remind the viewer of the fragility of animals in our man-made environment and awaken them to the magic of animals and the environment.

“ Happy” 2021 Oil on Canvas 20” X 16” $700.jpeg

“Babirusa”2025 Oil on Canvas 13”X 15” $500.jpeg

“Bald Uakari” 2025 Oil on Canvas 13”X15” $500.jpeg

“Colugo” 2026 Oil on Canvas 26”X 26” $1,680.jpeg

“Lindo” 2026 Oil on Black Canvas 10”X 8” $200.jpeg

“Oxilote” 2025 Oil on Canvas 13”X 15” $500.jpeg

“Red Lip Batfish Fish” 2025 Oil on Canvas 13”X 15” $500.jpeg

“Serval” 2022 Oil on Black Canvas 20”X16” $700.jpeg

“Standing Frog” 2020 Oil on Black Canvas 20”X 10” $500.jpeg

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Doks_Owl_oil,chalk on canvas_34%22x30%22_$1200 .jpeg

Friends and Family Four

Friends and Family Four features the unique collaboration of ten artists. Olivia Beens, Helen Iranyi, Judith Iranyi, Lynn Katsafouros, Phyllis Manner, Vera Sapozhnikova, Stewart Siskind, Debra Solomon, Gail Winbury, and Young Ja Yoon have come together to create this exhibition in support of the Carter Burden Gallery’s mission. From the old technique of batik to bright, and vividly colored geometric shapes, many different styles and mediums are represented.

In Friends and Family Four Judith Iranyi uses the ancient technique, batik, of dyeing fabric using melted wax. Wax is applied to areas the artist does not want to dye, and then the fabric is submerged into dye. By repeating this process with multiple colors and wax layers, intricate, multicolored designs can be made. After the dyeing process is finished, the wax is removed by a hot iron and paper. Iranyi learned her craft in a Montreal sweatshop, where she worked after escaping the Russian Revolution as a child.

Debra Solomon’s recent body of work “Off the Wall” focuses on the patterns, and processes that support and compose all physical matter. Her pieces are filled with bold colors and sharp edges. Her work encapsulates the moments of life that reveal the underlying confluences of matter. To her, these moments and methods are part of one explanation of the universe.

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Joysticks

In Joysticks, Elisabeth Jacobsen presents a large-scale installation that celebrates spirit and the power of community. Conceived in the summer of 2024 during Kamala Harris's presidential campaign and inspired by the candidate's frequent invocation of joy, the work embraces visual exuberance through a vivid palette and dynamic composition. The installation reflects Jacobsen's interest in creating work that responds to the cultural moment while fostering connection through shared creativity. Working with her longstanding practice of incorporating found and discarded materials, Jacobsen discovered bamboo, a material she viewed as particularly meaningful. Known for its durability and flexibility, bamboo serves as both a natural element and a symbol of resilience and growth. Brightly colored forms are further animated as the artist plays with surface details, which provide a visual richness.

Throughout the creation of Joysticks, Jacobsen considered the importance of her immediate community and the collaborative relationships that have informed many of her past projects. Elaborating on this, Jacobsen said, “…so here too I invited my sister Andrea Jacobsen, my niece Cortney Jacobsen, and my close friend Carol Massa to add their marks to a stick. I deeply valued our collective attention to create and connect us to the notion of joy.”

Elisabeth Jacobsen (b. 1949) is a New York-based artist whose multidisciplinary practice draws upon sculpture, photography, design, and assemblage to transform found and discarded materials into deeply personal narratives. She received her BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase and her MFA from the University at Albany and furthered her studies at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and the Accademia d’Arte Bianca Cappello in Florence, Italy. Jacobsen taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology for more than three decades and lectured internationally, including at the Zhejiang International Institute of Fashion Technology in Hangzhou, China. She has also worked extensively as a freelance designer, illustrator, and author.

Influenced by her Catholic upbringing and a lifelong interest in the body, identity, and memory, Jacobsen's work explores themes of love, vulnerability, faith, loss, and community. Her admiration for the female figure and engagement with both sacred and secular imagery have informed works addressing women's issues, religion, and LGBTQ+ experiences. Working primarily with common and repurposed materials, she imbues everyday objects with emotional resonance and symbolic meaning. Jacobsen has exhibited widely throughout the United States in solo and group exhibitions, including presentations at Carter Burden Gallery, Hudson Guild Gallery, the Museum at FIT, the Leslie-Lohman Gallery, and the San Diego Art Institute. Her work is held in numerous private and institutional collections, including those of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Carter Burden Network.

Joysticks is on view through October 6, 2026.