#8220;Nina Chanel Abney: The Great Escape” at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. A CAMPFIRE, BIKES, AND FRESHLY CAUGHT FISH have replaced the tumult and complexity of contemporary urban life that have animated Nina Chanel Abney‘s paintings in recent years. Her latest exhibition features rural scenes: farming, hunting, and kayaking. The graphic, boldly hued paintings embrace the great outdoors and celebrate communal living. “Nina Chanel Abney: The Great Escape” is her second solo show at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. Abney is showing 22 new paintings. The joys of leisure, freedom of open space, and beauty of nature are represented. Idyllic Blackness and a queer utopia are on view. The paintings are partially inspired by Abney’s recent experiences. In May, she bought a bike in response to the pandemic lockdown. Cooped up in her New Jersey studio and apartment, which are located in the same building, the artist was eager for a change of venue. She loaded the bike onto her car and headed out of the city. That trip led to others and the rural destinations stirred up ideas. Abney wrote a brief, two-paragraph essay about the exhibition. She said in part: Is there space for Black autonomy […]
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