Kapp Kapp

Presentation Details
Kapp Kapp will present a duo show featuring Beverly Semmes and Stanley Stellar. Semmes explores the complexities of representations of the female body, both as a child-bearing vessel and an erotic object. Her early textile installations of monumental dresses amplify a medium long disparaged as “women’s work.” Her ongoing Feminist Responsibility Project conceals photographs of women from the pages of vintage Penthouse magazines, subverting their original voyeuristic purpose. Over five decades, Stellar has photographed the beauty, fear, and intimacy of queer life in New York City, observing the early gay liberation movement as well as the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. His portraits capture masculinity with depth and humanity so that “one senses the person and not just the body.”

About the Gallery
Kapp Kapp is a contemporary art gallery dedicated to working with artists to build insightful, vibrant, and intimate exhibitions. Kapp Kapp provides a platform for a diverse roster of artists, creating space for historically underrepresented voices across many media, also producing catalogues and original scholarship. Founded by twin brothers Sam and Daniel Kapp in early 2019 in Philadelphia, PA, the gallery expanded to New York City in 2020, and in 2022 moved to a new location at 86 Walker Street in the heart of Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood.