Main Space:
The Pull: Ortega y Gasset Projects Flat File 2025 
Curated by Eric Hibit 
Saturday, January 18, 2025 - Sunday, March 16, 2025
Opening reception: 6-8pm, Saturday, January 18, 2025

Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to present The Pull: OyG Projects Flat File 2025. The opening reception is on Saturday, January 18th, 6-8pm. The exhibition continues until March 16th, 2025.

Selected works are now available on the OyG Projects Flat File Store! 

Participating artists include: 
Taylor Absher, Emily Auchincloss, Clare Britt, Dan Cameron, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Erika Germain, Catherine Haggarty, Rachel Hellerich, Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, Hong Hong, Fritz Horstman, Will Hutnick, Alex Jovanovich, Jason Karolak, Xingze Li, Leeza Meksin, Tracy Miller, Kristine Moran, Pol Morton, John O'Connor, Mike Paré, Meghan Petras, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Christian Rogers, Adam Liam Rose, Sarah Rushford, Andrew Schwartz, Pamela Sneed, Rachel Stern, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Ken Tisa, Zahar Vaks, Chuck Webster, Jenna Weiss, Lauren Whearty, Jack Arthur Wood 

“On a recent trip to Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, I discovered Rock Temple, a 1919 work on paper by Paul Klee. The work on paper is not displayed on the wall, but in a drawer that visitors can pull out themselves to view the work (such a set-up is possible in a small, intimate museum). Pulling the drawer reveals the work, matted, under a piece of Plexiglas held with a small metal lock. The work itself - an arrangement of clustered geometric shapes - has a simple visual power. It appears Klee diluted and wiped some of the watercolor away to reveal the paper underneath, and the effect is smokey. The strength of the work - and its visual potency - is contrasted by its material fragility. It’s just a thin piece of paper, over 100 years old, only a few inches wide. It’s a powerful whisper. 

The pull of the drawer - and the experience of seeing Klee’s work - inspired this show. Artworks that can be stored in a drawer hold a special intimacy. Works by the artists in this exhibition were chosen for tactility and the achievement of visual power on a small scale. As exhibition organizer, I worked from my taste and visual preferences, selecting artists whose work aroused my instinct”.

Eric Hibit 
Co-Director
OyG Projects 

Eric Hibit (born Rochester, NY) is a visual artist based in New York City. He attended the Corcoran College of Art + Design (BFA,1998) and Yale University School of Art (MFA, 2003). In New York, he has exhibited at Brooklyn Museum, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Dinner Gallery, Deanna Evans Projects, My Pet Ram, One River School of Art + Design, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Underdonk Gallery, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Zurcher Studio, C24 Gallery, Anna Kustera Gallery, Max Protetch Gallery, and elsewhere. He has exhibited nationally at Hexum Gallery in Montpelier, VT, Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC, Wege Center for the Arts at Maharishi University in Fairfield, IA, Adds Donna in Chicago, Curator’s Office in Washington, DC, Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, MA, The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Satellite Contemporary in Las Vegas, NV, The University of Vermont, Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA and internationally in Sweden, France and Norway. His work has been covered by the Washington Post, The Village Voice, Hyperallergic, Newsweek, New York Times and New York Post. Hibit has taught studio art at Cornell University, The Cooper Union, Drexel University, Suffolk County Community College, Tyler School of Art, NYU and Hunter College. Artist residencies include Terra Foundation in Giverny, France (2003), UNILEVER Residency in New York (2015), and Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts (2019) and Green Olives Arts in Tetouan, Morocco (2019). Publications include Dear Hollywood Writers, with poet Geoffrey Young (Suzy Solidor Editions, 2017) and Paintings and Fables with Wayne Koestenbaum, a limited edition artist’s book (2017), and Color Theory for Dummies, published by Wiley (2022).  He is currently Co-Director of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run gallery based in Brooklyn, where he has curated exhibitions since 2014.