Firstlings Exhibition 

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Firstlings is an ongoing investigation of ceramic sculptures and ink wash drawings that seeks to address the predicament of the human form’s fragility and endless struggle to adapt to life’s ever-changing circumstances. Terry Suhre writes, in his catalogue essay for the first iteration of this exhibition at Bruno David Gallery in 2020, “The ‘predicament’ Nadler refers to in statements on his work is the uneasy, existential awareness of an unsympathetic, and likely hostile, existence that is not predisposed to human wants or needs. A reality that continually tests the body’s (and the spirit’s) limitations, revealing its susceptibility to everyday suffering and humiliation.”