nontraditionalmaterials – Painting After Art is Dead

Rachel Eulena Williams

Caught below in Jason’s IG feed.

#racheleulenawilliams

Ida Ekblad

Artforum says Ida’s new paintings (in her show “Slice of the Inaccessible”) possess a gluttonous appetite for visual culture, and have an arresting effect on the viewer.
#idaekblad

Guillaume Linard Osorio and Derrick Valesquez

Was checking out Mimi at Carvalho Park and saw Guillaume and Derrick were in Order and Vertigo together.
#guillaumelinardosorio

#derrickvelasquez

Mimi Jung

Two Coats gallery guide (which I love to read and feel jealous of all of you who live in NYC) notes The Subsuming Ellipse at Carvalho Park. The work is fiber-based.
#mimijung

Elena del Rivero

is an Anonymous Was A Woman grant winner (along with Virginia)
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#elenadelrivero

When Juxtapoz pays attention so do I. Since I wasn’t familiar with this legend by name (though we all have likely seen some of his production- I know I’ve listened to Psyence Fiction a lot), I did some more reading as well.

#futura

Jessica Drenk

Colossal as always brings the wow.

#jessicasrenk

Jordan Nassar

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981- read on to learn about Jordan’s diasporic landscapes (which are abstractions if not abstraction).

#jordannassar

Erik Lindeman

Artforum notes that Erik’s …”incorporation of anonymous found surfaces as compositional elements in painting has occupied a central place in his work…” and that “… Lindman states, his practice and methods are the most efficient means he has discovered to create a space of reflection and contemplation for viewers to generate their own meanings.“

#eriklindman

Ibrahim Mahama

Artforum notes an online solo exhibition at White Cube of recent jute sack paintings by Ibrahim Mahama. “In these works, Mahama continues his interrogation of the principle that by engaging with the failures of the past it is possible to ignite new value systems for the future. By so doing, there is the potential to engender economic change that would lead to labor reforms. Produced in his native Ghana with the help of “collaborators,” the jute sacks from which the paintings are created point to histories of trade and commerce and the personal stories of their handlers…”

#ibrahimmahama

Caroline Achaintre

In Caroline one-person exhibition at Fondazione Giuliani, watercolor, ceramic, bamboo, and wool are the protagonists of a narrative that seems to emerge from the viscera of creative expression. The French-born artist’s works take possession of the gallery space like three-dimensional biomorphic entities, even when simply hung on the walls like paintings.

#carolineachaintre

Jamison Carter

In the months just prior to Covid-19 rearing its monstrous head in the United States, artist Jamison Carter lost both of his parents. Such a tragedy, combined with the horrors and isolation brought on by the pandemic, would crush even the most stalwart of souls. Yet Carter miraculously managed to find the wherewithal to produce “All Season Radials,” his majestic solo exhibition at Klowden Mann.

#jamisoncarter

Nonggirrnga Marawili

taps the Earth for her materials and muses. Her works—prints, works on paper, paintings on bark, and larrakitj (memorial poles made from the bark of eucalyptus trees)—are often made with natural ochers that coalesce in spontaneous webs of lines and dots. The resulting works are ethereal, expressive interpretations of water.

#nonggirrngamarawili

Maya Freelon

If you didn’t know of Maya already “yes” Triangle legends Nnenna and Phil Freelon are her parents (her brother is no slouch either). Walter gives her upcoming show at CAM Raleigh a shout out.

#mayafreelon

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