Exhibition: Wandering
January 17–March 1
February 6: Exhibition Opening Reception, 5–8pm
February 22: Artist Conversation, 11am–Noon
LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY
Now represented by LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY
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Named one of Saatchi Art's "24 Artists to Collect in 2024"
RECENT ESSAYS
The Emotional Turn
We are living through a time of extreme emotional intensity. It shows up everywhere—from public policy to personal branding, from online outrage to institutional decision-making. Even in art and culture, pain, passion, and visibility have become the primary currencies of legitimacy. Emotion isn’t just influencing the conversation—it’s shaping what counts as truth. We aren’t being invited into emotional maturity—we’re being coaxed out of rationality.
Frictionless Culture
Frictionless culture promises ease and breeds caution. When every gesture is visible, every mistake amplified, every tone parsed for misalignment, people learn to smooth the edges. They play it safe. They play along, rather than risk disagreement, push against the grain, or make something that might miss the mark. This doesn’t mean artists have stopped working, or that critics have stopped speaking. It means the conditions under which they operate have changed—and those conditions shape what feels sayable, showable, survivable.
The Hypocrisy of Authenticity
We live in an age obsessed with authenticity. From social media captions to political campaigns, from startup branding to artist statements, the call to “be yourself” has become a cultural mandate. Authenticity is no longer just a personal ideal—it’s a performance, a selling point, a currency. The art world is not immune. The myth of the ‘authentic artist’ still shapes how work is made, received, and marketed. Artists are expected to be raw, vulnerable, and honest. But when honesty becomes a performance—when vulnerability becomes a brand—something essential gets lost. The pursuit of authenticity begins to collapse under its own contradictions.
The Art of Forgetting
There are moments—quiet, flickering, unnameable—when the edges of thought dissolve and the world appears new again. We often stumble upon them in dreams, in grief, in awe. We experience them in front of a canvas we do not yet understand. To truly know something, we must first forget what we think we know. This paradoxical process is not only central to our understanding of consciousness but also resonates deeply within the realm of artistic expression, particularly in abstract art.
Beyond the Canvas: Improvisational Painting and the Art of Engaging a Complex World
"Improvisational abstract painting, when done right, should defy the artist’s expectations. Each stroke, shape, and smudge becomes part of an unfolding dialogue, creating a space where the act of painting is less about achieving a final image and more about exploring possibilities. This openness to the unknown transforms the canvas into a dynamic environment where every decision leads to new challenges and discoveries. In an era defined by acceleration and increasing complexity and interconnectedness, the process of improvisational painting offers insights into how we might think about approaching the unpredictable landscapes of social, political, and ecological life with a similar spirit of engagement and adaptability..."
“That’s what I’m interested in, the space in between the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.” –Julie Mehretu
Represented by LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY