Joshua Abelow at Gene’s Dispensary / Taiban, New Mexico

Artist(s): Joshua Abelow
Curator: Keith J. Varadi
Art space: Gene's Dispensary
Address: 422 Ord Street, 2B, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Duration: 14/02/2026 - 14/02/2026
Credits: Katya Kirilloff

This exhibition was documented on Sunday, July 13th, 2025 in Taiban, New Mexico when the artist and his family took a trip there together. The paintings were created in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the summer of 2025. “A Stranger to Myself” is the third track on the album, I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod (1995), by the English post-punk band, Television Personalities.

I’m a danger to myself
And I won’t deny it’s true
And in the stillness of the night
I feel so troubled through and through
And I know I have to change
But it’s easier said than done
And after all nobody said that life had to be fun
But if I close my mind
To the world outside
But I can’t close my mind to the pain inside
But if I close my mind
I can close my eyes

To all the pain I feel
But I’m a stranger to myself
And to the ones that I hold dear
And I feel so helpless every time I fall
And I know you find it hard
Trying to get inside my head
Don’t you think sometimes
It’s just as bad for me
‘Cause I’m a stranger to myself and I always will be
I’m a danger to myself
I’m a stranger to myself