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Cameron Johnson

like Lisa is in the faculty show at Meredith. In his statement he addresses the idea of sacrifice and the internal challenges of selflessness. “The juxtaposition between our internal emotions and external action is conveyed through the use of contrasting colors and textures. The areas that lack definition or detail, depict uncertainty and apprehension. The use of abstraction allows the focus to be placed on the interaction between elements, instead of what they represent.”

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Marvin Brown

Abstract and minimalist artist Marvin Brown was born in Queens, New York City. He earned his diploma from the École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Brown taught for many years in the Department of Art and Visual Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI. He lives and works on Long Island’s North Shore. He is a member of American Abstract Artists and was included in their most recent member showcase.

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Adam Pendleton

Pace is pleased to present An Abstraction, an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by New York-based artist Adam Pendleton, at its 540 West 25th Street gallery in New York from May 3 to June 20. Pendleton’s first solo show at Pace’s New York gallery in ten years, An Abstraction follows a series of significant solo exhibitions by the artist at museums around the world.

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Samuel Levi Jones

Samuel Levi Jones was born and raised in Marion, Indiana. Trained as a photographer and multidisciplinary artist, he earned a B.A. in Communication Studies from Taylor University and a B.F.A from Herron School of Art and Design in 2009. He received his MFA in Studio Art from Mills College in 2012.

His work is informed by historical source material and early modes of representation in documentary practice. He explores the framing of power structures and struggles between exclusion and equality by desecrating historical material, then re-imagining new works.  Jones investigates issues of manipulation and the rejection of control in a broad sense. 

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Richard Hunt

Hunt, a descendant of enslaved people who in the last half of the twentieth century rose to become the world’s preeminent African American abstract sculptor, died on December 16 at his home in Chicago. Hunt created sculptures that appeared almost weightless despite the heft of the materials from which they were made, evoking ascent, escape, and freedom. His monumental works grace public spaces around the globe. Visit his official site to see quotes about Richard from some titans of the Art world.
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Reginald Sylvester II


Saw below at the Nasher recently. Born in Jacksonville, NC, Reginald merges unconventional art materials with simplified forms to create symbols of protest and resilience. Offering IV comes from a series of eight paintings on stretched industrial rubber. The artist’s use of rubber stems from his investigations into the exploitative history of its commercial manufacturing in central Africa.

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Kevin Cole

gets a mention in this Shantay Robinson essay at BlackArtinAmerica.com titled Black Abstraction: Symbolizing Reality for Meaning. Robinson notes that Black art is going through a figurative painting renaissance as we look at the number of contemporary artists painting portraits. But abstract artists, Julie Mehretu and Mark Bradford, are performing at the top of the artworld.

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Ellen Gallagher

shows with Hauser & Wirth. Her painting process involves undoing and reforming trains of thought often over long periods of time and across linked bodies of works. Over a highly multifaceted career, Gallagher’s work has been united by what she calls a ‘jitter,’ an intellectual approach in which aesthetic possibilities are shook loose from seismic cracks beneath the surface of cultural entities normally thought to be unshakable and impermeable.
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Juan Logan

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life.

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