Marsden Hartley

(Obviously posthumously) Heather James is showing some of Marsden’s work which I’ve apparently never noted myself and although his work wasn’t always abstract that’s been a bit of a theme lately (see Victor and Abie and JMW and Mira). The Bach Prelude below is top shelf early Modernism.

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Victor Ekpuk

Victor is an internationally-renowned Nigerian-American artist based in Washington, D.C. His paintings, drawings, and sculptures reimagine the ancient Nigerian communication system, Nsibidi, to explore a diverse spectrum of meaning addressing historical narratives, the contemporary African diaspora, and humanity’s connection to the sacred. Much of his work is figurative- his public art is this blogger’s favorite.

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Georges Le Chevallier

First saw Georges’ work in Front Burner with Ashlynn and Brett and Lien. He recently also curated Abstracto/Latino: Latin American with an Abstract Fusion.

Also- the way he often lets his stretcher bars show or uses them as compositional elements reminds me of Dona.

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Seulgi Lee

Artforum says Lee’s newest (Slow Water at Incheon) conjures incredible sumptuousness (visual and symbolic) via astonishing restraint—producing a free-ranging post-Minimalism born of collaborations with traditional Korean artisans and spiked with mischievous enigmas.

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Anne Tallentire

Declan Long at Artforum points out how Anne’s most recent artworks at The MAC involve careful measuring, precise mapping, methodical assembly as she reflects on the physical, social, and sensory conditions of built environments, scrutinizing small details of domestic interiors or gesturing toward larger histories of public space.

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