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1969 Gallery presents PURE JOY, a group exhibition of 14 emerging and mid-career artists curated by Chella Man. This exhibition acknowledges the persistent tokenization of disabled artists, contradicting this cycle by centering ideologies of pleasure rather than pain. The show serves as a reclamation and celebration of our humanity.

The range of the artists’ interpretations clearly uphold the reality of how vast perspectives expand within the disabled community. Some artists have chosen to directly center the literary tone of the word “joy,” and center feelings of euphoria and bliss. …