Claes Gabriel

Femme au Turban

2017

This piece titled "Bornholm" is an original artwork made from acrylic on canvas by KC Ortiz. This piece measures 38.5"h x 27.5"w. Born in Chicago, and currently residing in Copenhag...

"Surrounded By Fuzzy Friends" is a piece by Akira Gordon made from acrylic and oil on canvas. This piece measures 48"h x 60"w unframed. Akira hopes to give black people images that...

This figurative black and white painting titled "SCHEMING" is an original acrylic on canvas painting by Jasjyot Singh Hans measuring 60"h x 48"w. Jasjyot Singh Hans is an illustrato...

This black and white figurative painting titled "BANGS" is an original acrylic on canvas painting measuring 60"h x 48"w by Jasjyot...

This figurative black and white painting titled "INWARD" is an original acrylic on canvas painting by Jasjyot Singh Hans measuring 60"h x 48"w. Jasjyot Singh Hans is an illustrator ...

"Mini Mart" is a piece by Qiaira Riley made from acrylic paint and paper on found wood. This piece measures measures 24"h x 24"w unframed. "Inspired by the changing visual landscape of my hometown of Chicago, I created these works to explore how the gentrification of the south-side disrupts intimate, private memories associated with public spaces in the name of urban "renewal," even creating commodifiable opportunities to make community memories public and profitable, yet not sacred. I was attending a suburban private liberal arts college; many classmates often seemed obsessed with fantastical, cheap narratives about my community and the folks in it that deeply contrasted the memories of love and care I had grown up with. These works remember and reclaim these spaces while showing off my favorite public treasures, sights, and delicacies. There are also odes to the sweet parts of my adolescence that I hope urban development will not shift: running around the city with my father, who has worked for the Chicago Park District for over 25 years, my mom getting me a 6 piece from Harold's Chicken whenever I got a good report card, or stopping by Zberry, the city's first black-woman owned froyo shop to get a treat after school. I moved to Philadelphia that same year with just two suitcases, my art supplies storage...

Hand-signed by artist, Signed at the lower right corner of the painting.

"My work with abstract form, and with this recent series of oil paintings, focuses mainly on shape, form and volume as subject matter. These shapes/forms are based mainly on the squa...

"My work with abstract form, and with this recent series of oil paintings, focuses mainly on shape, form and volume as subject matter. These shapes/forms are based mainly on the squa...

"My work with abstract form, and with this recent series of oil paintings, focuses mainly on shape, form and volume as subject matter. These shapes/forms are based mainly on the squa...

"My work with abstract form, and with this recent series of oil paintings, focuses mainly on shape, form and volume as subject matter. These shapes/forms are based mainly on the squa...

This painting is one of the works from the "Fetishes" series that Natasha Lelenco created throughout the year 2022 to be featured in the international exhibition Nordart 2022 in Büde...