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Acclaimed American artist Nina Chanel Abney unveiled a new solo exhibition at the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery. Located at the institution’s Seattle campus, Fishing Was His Life presents a series of prints and paintings inspired by the culture and commerce of fishing within the African American community. Hidden beneath her deceptively simple geometric planes, Abney explores themes pertaining identity, politics, race and sexuality, particularly within coastal fisheries and the structural inequities that threaten Black livelihoods within the industry. The exhibition marks the culmination of Abney’s 2020 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship. The artist commented further: “After seeing Gordon Parks’s 1943-44 series documenting the fishing industry along the Atlantic coast, I imm...

Enchanting lightboxes, parking lot murals, immersive projections — the next stop in Jen Stark’s hypnotic practice is the world of stained glass. Made in conjunction with Avant Arte, Dichroic Mandala is Stark’s first glass edition and continues on her exploration into optical seduction and perceptual engagement. The hanging sculpture was inspired by geometry, natural forms and mandalas and created with alternating sheets of dichroic and colored glass. Even when static, the artwork creates an allusion of movement that pulsates in broad daylight, as in darkness. To make efficient use of materials, the sequence of colors will vary from piece to piece — garnering each sculpture unique. Dichroic Mandala is an edition of 50 and will be available to purchase for $2,691 USD on October 26 at 9am ET ...

Night Gallery is currently showcasing a new group exhibition featuring the work of Sarah Braman, Carla Edwards, Olivia Erlanger, Laurie Kang, Anne Libby, Connor Marie, MPA, Eli Ping, and Davina Semo. Although each artist presents conceptually different approaches to sculpture and installation, their work is united through a silent collaborator — natural light. Throughout each hour of the day, works in The Heavy Light Show will change according to the sun. Suspended above the gallery’s open floor plan, Carla Edwards created a near replica of the windows of South Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. The five gray casts hold tiny slivers of colored glass, which according to the gradations of light, invoke the psychological violence of incarceration. Further along the space, light takes o...

Six huge bronze sculptures by Daniel Arsham are currently being installed on the grounds of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, in the north of England. The works, collectively titled “Relics in the Landscape”, are intended to work in dialogue with the vast, green surroundings of the park, which has been uninhabited for centuries. Marking the first museum show of Arsham’s work to take place in the UK, the pieces are typical of his aesthetic. Each of the bronze sculptures will be shown outdoors in the 18th-century Formal Garden – ranging from the “Bronze Extraterrestrial Bicycle” to the three-meter tall Bronze Eroded Venus of Arles. In terms of his inspiration, Arsham once again looked to his childhood experience of surviving Hurricane Andrew in 1992. As a result of the storm, his family home was...