Daphne Minkoff - Edges of Unmaking

In Edges of Unmaking, Daphne Minkoff explores the ways memory accumulates within the built environment. Her mixed-media paintings examine urban landscapes in transition, tracing what remains after places begin to disappear. Drawing inspiration from boarded-up houses, aging storefronts, overlooked structures, and abandoned automobiles, the work reflects on the transformation of place and the quiet histories embedded within it. Many of the buildings depicted have already vanished, replaced by contemporary mixed-use developments and condominiums. Their absence raises broader questions about memory, identity, and what is lost when familiar spaces quietly disappear from the urban fabric.
September 3 - 26, 2026
Artist’s Reception: First Thursday, September 3, 6-8 PM
Artist Talk - In Conversation: Saturday, September 19 at 2 pm
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Daphne Minkoff - Holding the Weather, collage, oil on canvas over board, 8 x 10 in.

Daphne Minoff - Between Grief and Nothing, collage, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Webs Spun Long Before We Were Born, collage, oil on canvas over board, 24 x 20 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Burden and a Weight, collage, oil on canvas over board, 24 x 20 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Dead End #3, collage, oil on canvas over board, 12 x 18 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Vacancies #2, collage, oil on canvas over board, 8 x 10 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Settling, collage, oil on canvas over board, 18 x 18 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Dead End #4, collage, oil on canvas over board, 18 x 24 in.

Daphne Minkoff - The Past is Never Dead, collage, oil on canvas over board, 36 x 36 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Dead End #2, collage, oil on canvas over board, 18 x 12 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Sinking Feeling, collage, oil on canvas over board, 14 x 14 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Standing Upon Heavy Desolation, collage, oil on canvas over board, 20 x 20 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Unclaimed, collage, oil on canvas over board, 16 x 20 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Thin Places #1, collage, oil on canvas over board, 20 x 16 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Ripples of Consequence, collage, oil on canvas over board , 30 x 40 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Vacancies #1, collage, oil on canvas over board, 20 x 16 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Dead End #1, collage, oil on canvas over board, 12 x 16 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Dry Pulse of Decaying House, collage, oil on canvas over board, 24 x 20 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Misgivings, collage, oil on canvas over board, 20 x 24 in.

Daphne Minkoff - They Never Came Back, collage, oil on canvas over board, 12 x 18 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Wild, Blind Earth, collage, oil on canvas over board, 22 x 30 in.

Daphne Minkoff - The Quiet Between #1, collage, oil on canvas over board, 12 x 16 in.

Daphne Minkoff - The Quiet Between #2, collage, oil on canvas over board, 12 x 16 in.

Daphne Minkoff - The Quiet Between #3, collage, oil on canvas over board, 12 x 16 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Holding Pattern, collage, oil on canvas over board, 8 x 10 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Where the Light Stays, collage, oil on canvas over board, 16 x 12 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Whispers #2, oil painted on paper collaged to board, 24 x 24 in.

Daphne Minkoff - Burden and a Weight #2, oil painted on paper collaged to board, 20 x 16 in.