Art
An Abstract Painter Defines a Space of His Own
In his clashing compositions and use of artificial colors and materials Odita generates something very different from artists associated with geometric abstraction and Minimalism.
Jack Shainman Gallery
Interview
Challenging Stereotypes by Contorting the Female Form
Hayv Kahraman’s paintings compel viewers to acknowledge the potential pleasure of viewing contorted bodies in a position of pain.
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Figural Sculptures That Weave an Enigmatic Story of Disassociation and Isolation
Claudette Schreuders's most recent show at Jack Shainman gallery, In the Bedroom is perhaps both her most revealing and most enigmatic body of work to date.
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Navigating the Slippage Between Reality and Illusion
The architectonics of Leslie Wayne’s structures exude impermanence and a poetic expression of loss.
Art
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Explores Psychological Depths
The painter's introspective subjects can make the viewer feel uncomfortably voyeuristic.
Art
The Halcyon Days of Postcolonial Mali Through the Lens of Malick Sidibé
The artist's candid event photographs demand the spotlight in his current exhibition in New York.
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Nina Chanel Abney Paints on the Edge of Violence
Abney locates much of her work on the recognition that abuse and violence are an integral part of the everyday consciousness of people of color.
Art
An Iraqi Artist Bears Witness to the Trauma of Displacement
Hayv Kahraman, a half-Kurdish Iraqi and naturalized Swede living in the US, is no stranger to identity politics.
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Sculptural Paintings Oozing with Color
Leslie Wayne's richly layered paintings remind us of the playfulness and emotional range to be found in abstraction.
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A Smorgasbord of Spiritualism Centered on Fantastical Coffins
Jack Shainman’s summer show, spread across galleries in Chelsea and Kinderhook, NY, effectively encourages existential reckoning.
News
Painter Barkley L. Hendricks Dies at 72
The artist, best known for his bold portraits of Black people, passed away early this morning.
Art
The Unsettling Urge to Find Beauty Amid War
At Jack Shainman Gallery’s The School, a show of four artists explores how our memories of a place can shift radically after war.