The Threshold Varies

The Threshold Varies

March 13–april 24, 2026

Circle Contemporary | Arts of Life
2010 W carrol ave chicago, il 60612

RADAR is pleased to present The Threshold Varies, a group exhibition featuring artists who engage in perception as something that is variable, contingent, and unstable. Artists include Elizabeth Allen-Cannon, Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez, Ben Gould, Paul Heyer, Katrina Jackson, Will Krauland, Lawrence M., Susan Pasowicz, Forrest Frederick, Noelia Towers, and Lucy Walsh.

In psychophysics, the idea of the ‘absolute threshold’ is defined by the minimum intensity required for a stimulus to be sensed. It is the the point at which sound, color, or light crosses from not perceived into perceptible. It is a boundary that is never fixed, as it shifts with duration, proximity, and expectation, and becomes blurred over time with continual exposure.

In image-making, these boundaries are seen as similarly uncertain. We trust the image as it exists, relying on what is before us, even as its edges remain contingent and provisional. The works in The Threshold Varies operate within this tension between containment and overflow, hovering at the limits of visibility and testing how intensity becomes legible.

1. Will Krauland
   Internalized iron curtain inverted (arc 1), 2024
   Iron, bleach, and vinegar on muslin, metal clips, steel, binding wire
   Dimensions variable

2. Elizabeth Allen-Cannon
   Holding on to anyone or anything, 2023
   Acrylic on gessoed paper
   13 x 15 in.

3. Lucy Walsh
   Full Fun, 2025
   Colored pencil and graphite on paper
   12 x 9 in.

4. Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez
   Untitled, 2026
   Colored pencil, ink jet prints, and oil paint on canvas
   16 x 12 in.

5. Ben Gould
   Portrait #9 , 2024
   120mm photograph Archival Inkjet Print on Hahnemuhle paper mounted to Dibond
   30 x 24 in.

6. Lawrence M.
   Untitled (Beach Day with Green and Pink Stickers), n.d.
   Offset lithographs and stickers on paper
   11 x 8 ½ in.

7. Susan Pasowicz
   Fabulous City!, 2022
   Colored pencil and graphite on paper
   19 x 24 in.

8. Katrina Jackson
   Untitled, 2024
   Oil pastel, graphite and colored pencil on paper
   8 ½ x 5 ½ in.

9. Noelia Towers
   Invisible gloves, 2026
   Oil on linen
   10 x 20 in.

10. Paul Heyer
    every body , 2025
    Oil on linen
    16 x 20 in.

11. Forrest Frederick
    IMG_0101 (an illusive view in an illuminated field), 2022
    Pigment Print on Vinyl
    37 x 24 in.

12. Katrina Jackson
    Untitled, 2024
    Watercolor, oil pastel and graphite on paper
    12 x 9 in.