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Jessica Silverman is pleased to present Part II of “Conversational Spirits,” an exhibition exploring animism – the belief that animals, plants, places and objects can be enlivened by spirits or imminent powers. Associated with the worship of nature and the rise of subordinate souls, animism is a theme broadly relevant to a time in which equal rights, ecology and biochemistry are serious concerns. Animism has long been germane to art insofar as the most compelling objects are imbued with such intention, intensity and energy that they feel alive.