Considering the central place that figurative painting has acquired in contemporary artistic practices, Accommodation explores ever-evolving approaches to self-representation. The artists gathered here engage in abstraction, naturalism and photorealistic precision in order to accentuate the psychological and socio-spatial tension of their built environment.
Accommodation features works by Marcus Jahmal (New York), Cheyenne Julien (New York), Ho Jae Kim (South Korea), Kenrick McFarlane (Chicago), Kyung-Me (New York) and Woody De Othello (Florida) that address our complex relationship to ideas of home. While sometimes the perspectives of home can support and nurture our bodies, they can also suggest the entrapment of people’s subjectivities. Following this threat, the artists in this exhibition explore psychologically tense environments that involve both a sense of physical entanglement and a glimpse into complex emotional states through thick washes of color, symmetry and dramatic shifts in perspective.
About channel projects
Channel projects is a non-profit contemporary art center dedicated to supporting forward-thinking local and international artists at pivotal times in their careers. Through the production, exhibition, research and interpretation of this work, Canal Projects intends to foster artistic practices that challenge and reflect on the current moment. Canal Projects is generously supported by the YS Kim Foundation.
Accommodation runs until July 29 at Canal Projects in New York. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (ET).
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