Wexler Gallery hosts a pre-exhibition studio open house with Brazilian-American artist Marcus Vinícius De Paula in advance of his upcoming solo exhibition, Interstice: Thresholds Carved with Light and Time. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 20 from 12:00 to 6:30 PM at the artist’s studio, located at 25 Jay Street, Suite 301, in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Guests are invited to preview a selection of new works prior to their installation and to meet the artist within the context of his working environment. The open house offers an early look at a new body of stone sculptures that define De Paula’s practice—monumental forms carved from volcanic rock, granite, alabaster, and marble, each embedded with integrated light sources.

These works transform dense, ancient materials into luminous objects that shift between solidity and immateriality, inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between weight, space, and perception. Drawing on more than fifteen years of experience in lighting design for theater, film, and live performance, De Paula treats light as a central sculptural medium. Rather than illuminating from the outside, light is embedded within the stone itself, revealing internal structures and creating moments of visual transformation.

The result is a body of work that feels at once geological and otherworldly, grounded in material history while reaching toward speculative futures. Experiencing the works in the studio provides a unique opportunity to encounter them at a pivotal stage—before they are fully contextualized within the exhibition.

Visitors can engage directly with the artist, gaining insight into the conceptual framework, technical processes, and material decisions that shape each piece. The studio setting reveals both the physical labor and precision involved in carving and integrating light into stone, as well as the broader ideas that guide the work.

This preview offers a rare, behind-the-scenes perspective on Interstice, an exhibition that considers the threshold between human time and geological time. By situating the viewer in relation to materials that predate human history, De Paula’s sculptures prompt reflection on scale, duration, and the fragility of human existence within a vast cosmic continuum.