Kanashibari [金縛り]
by Zander
August 6th–11th, 2026
616 E 9th St
Galerie Anty Warhol is pleased to present Zander’s debut solo exhibition, his eighth show with the gallery. Kanashibari invites viewers to journey through a long and sleepless night haunted by unwanted visitations, plagued by disorienting hallucinations, and guided by the meditations that help us find solace in our darkest moments. Kanashibari represents the limbo between the realm of the dead and the realm of the living, when an inexplicable force overcomes us in our most vulnerable moments. We come face-to-face with this state of paralysis only in the in-between, where our subconscious reigns supreme.
The exhibition takes its title from kanashibari (金縛り), a Japanese term historically linked to sleep paralysis inflicted by yōkai (妖怪), a word encompassing all uncanny presences and phenomena. Literally translating to “bound or chained by metal," kanashibari serves as a metaphor for the sleepless immobilization and dread that define both these nocturnal visions and modern existence. This immobilizing state mirrors the reality many working artists face as they navigate today’s world: sleepless nights, intense pressure to perform, financial struggle, and the feeling of never doing enough.
This exhibition is curated by Zander Bo Nachamie, Rokan Kadro, and Antonio Gabriél Martinez.
PRESS RELEASE
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