Opening Reception for "Delights" Group Exhibition at Paradigm Gallery
Paradigm Gallery + Studio co-founders Jason Chen and Sara McCorriston are pleased to present Delights, a group exhibition co-curated with Neil Perry of Antler & Talon Galleries in Portland, Oregon. For the first time since 2018, both galleries are collaborating once again to invite a group of artists to consider transient moments that spike their serotonin. These artists are considering the objects in their own lives that bring a sudden, curious smile across their faces in celebration of what they can describe as delight. Curators Chen, McCorriston, and Perry ponder on the unexplainable triggers that dispense a deluge of dopamine: “As distinct from joy and happiness, which feel much more like a fixed state we can observe ourselves living in, delightful things bring momentary and instantaneous pleasure. As described by the poet Ross Gay, “Delight is like the butterflies, flying around, and landing on the thing that is joy.”
Delights will be on view at Paradigm Gallery + Studio (12 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106) from April 3 through April 26, 2026, with a public opening reception on Friday, April 3, during Old City’s First Fridays.
