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Spoke Art is pleased to present (public) intimacy , a solo exhibition of new paintings and illustrations by San Francisco based artist Helice Wen. Poignant and emotive, (public) intimacy highlights the vulnerability within ourselves and the duality between the visible and invisible states of emotion we all face. Exhibiting clear personal agency, Helice’s figures show real complexity in their expressiveness. Confined by their physicality, her subjects evoke powerful feelings of self- understanding while portrayed in fragile states. Tethered to their physical trappings, albeit waves of color or …