Thirty New York artists confront a season of political overreach, November 21-24, in Hudson and East Chatham.
The word gherao slipped into English from Bengali by way of labor movements—a strategy of encirclement in which management is physically surrounded until demands are met. A tactic born of workers insisting on visibility, accountability, and the basic dignity of being heard. It’s an apt title for an exhibition convened in a season when many Americans feel the walls closing in.
