# Isabelle Frances McGuire: *Joy is a Puppet*

Oct 3 – Nov 28, 2026 · on view

A playable video-game segment, bronze statuettes and hand-woven baskets set up a game world in a fictional colonial-era Salem.

In McGuire’s first solo show at Bel Ami, the start of a video game is presented with bronze figures of its heroine Joy and her frog companions, all called Sister, plus a series of baskets woven by hand. The player is cast not as the hero fighting a town’s dark magic but as the one accused of it.

McGuire was born in Austin and lives in Chicago, and showed a large installation in the 2026 Whitney Biennial.

Full details: [belami.info](https://belami.info/exhibitions/joy-is-a-puppet/)

## At [Bel Ami](https://onview.so/la/bel-ami.md)

Gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

- Address: 709 North Hill Street, Suite 105, Los Angeles, CA 90012
- Hours: Wed–Sat 11–5
- Website: https://belami.info
- Directions: <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Bel%20Ami%2C%20709%20North%20Hill%20Street%2C%20Los%20Angeles%2C%20CA%2090012>
- On the map: https://onview.so/la/map/bel-ami

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