THE TENDER VIGIL
alexandra manukyan
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Releases Wed, Mar 17, 2026, 10:00 AM MT
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About the Exhibition +
The Tender Vigil is Alexandra Manukyan’s latest solo exhibition at Abend Gallery, featuring new paintings that explore intimacy, attention, and inner life through richly detailed figurative scenes. These works reward close looking, lace-like surfaces, restrained light, and subtle narrative cues invite a slower, more personal viewing experience. Opening reception: Saturday, April 4, 2026 from 5 – 7 PM, with the artist in attendance.
Artist Statement +
In The Tender Vigil, time slows to a listening hush. These paintings gather around moments of quiet guardianship, where porcelain light, lace, feathers, and winter air cradle the inward life of the feminine spirit. Each figure lingers between breath and becoming, holding the world gently rather than mastering it. Their stillness is not absence, but care; not silence, but attention. Together, the works form a sanctuary of watchful tenderness, inviting the viewer to enter a space where beauty keeps vigil over what is fragile, sacred, and quietly enduring.
Currently Available Works by ALEXANDRA mANUKYAN
These works are available now and are separate from the upcoming exhibition. Collector preview for the show will be released closer to opening.
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