Zsavon Butler: UNheard (Unherd)

From Art is Bond:

“This spring, multidisciplinary artist Zsavon Butler presents UNheard (Unherd), a powerful solo exhibition that offers a conceptual response to the ongoing rollback of women’s reproductive rights in the United States. Opening May 16, 2025, at 4411 Montrose Boulevard, Suite E, the exhibition runs through June 28, 2025, inviting audiences to engage with a deeply layered and timely body of work.

UNheard (Unherd) speaks to the silencing and control of women—where voices are dismissed and bodies are legislated—through evocative metaphor and environmental storytelling. Butler draws a sharp, unsettling comparison between women’s loss of autonomy and the herding of livestock: controlled, corralled, and denied agency. This metaphor challenges viewers to reflect on the larger implications of reproductive injustice—not as abstract policy, but as a lived reality with deep psychological and societal consequences.

Through immersive installation, symbolic materials, and conceptual layering, UNheard (Unherd) invites the public to step into an emotional and political terrain where grief, fear, and hope remain interwoven. The exhibition raises vital questions: What does it mean to live without bodily autonomy? What happens when entire communities are rendered voiceless? And what new language or action can emerge from that silence?”