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Torkwase Dyson Seeks Black Liberation Through Geometry

by Jason Stopa December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

Dyson is part of a growing number of contemporary artists to imbue geometric abstraction with a sociopolitical dimension.

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Torkwase Dyson Wins Studio Museum’s $50,000 Wein Prize

by Alissa Guzman November 14, 2019

“[T]his strengthens my commitment to black spatial justice,” Dyson said of the prize, awarded annually to artists of African descent.

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An Exhibition that Frustrates Our Grasp of Abstraction

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney August 2, 2018August 3, 2018

Though Out of Easy Reach has a unifying theme, it presents a variety of tastes and approaches in a way that feels like ungainly curation which ultimately does not clarify how these women artists now steer the conversation about abstraction.

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Using Abstraction as a Political Tool

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz November 29, 2017November 29, 2017

On Documentary Abstraction, a show at ArtCenter/South Florida, asserts that abstraction — in painting, sculpture, and film — can document the sociopolitical zeitgeist.

Installation view of Invisible Man at Martos Gallery
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When Conceptual Art Makes You Acutely Aware of Your Body

Avatar photo by Laila Pedro June 9, 2017

Invisible Man, a group show at Martos Gallery curated by Ebony L. Haynes, gathers works by four artists that subtly call attention to embodied experience and the histories embedded in utilitarian objects.

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We Buy Gold Joins a Growing Cluster of Galleries in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney April 6, 2017

A new gallery is the latest to join a growing cluster of art spaces in the quickly gentrifying neighborhood.

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Creating a Spatial History of Slavery through Abstraction

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 4, 2016April 5, 2016

Minimalist abstraction of the 20th century often feels placeless. Tony Smith’s angular, inky sculptures could have crawled out of a dimension void of organic life; Mark Rothko’s repeating black canvases in a Houston chapel reflected the space’s lack of specific religion.

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Art and Tech Nonprofit Eyebeam Announces 3-Year Move to Industry City, New Fellows

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 8, 2014May 9, 2014

Leading arts and tech nonprofit Eyebeam has announced plans to move into a space in Brooklyn’s Industry City for roughly three years before relocating to an as-yet unbuilt space in downtown Brooklyn. The organization has also announced the recipients of its new two-year 2014/2015 Eyebeam Fellowships.

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