New American Paintings

Tyler Blackwell

write this in the immediate wake of the US Supreme Court’s abominable decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. As we all have reluctantly learned to live with the gruesome, morphing, and ongoing state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the disheartening bluster of all our government officials, thinking about, responding to, making, and looking at art has been a way (for me at least) to find some space to exhale. Last year, in 2021, I was fortunate to see the exhibition at Contemporary Arts

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