With a wealth of emerging artists presenting work at this summer's exhibitions, here are six CULTURED is keeping an eye on.
The group show is currently beset by competition. The multi-artist gallery exhibition format has been overshadowed in favor of the solo show (often as a means of market-building), leaving group shows reserved for summer slots. That said, most collectors and curators would agree: the group show is still a prime setting for discovery.
At the pace the art business operates these days, summer makes a case for making space to scout the new and become acquainted with unfamiliar artists and their practices. While it’s still August, fall is practically here (get the beach days in!), and many galleries are closed to install their big September shows. So, reflecting back on what filled New York gallery walls over the last two months, CULTURED rounded up the names on our radar that you’ll be seeing throughout the rest of the year.
COADY BROWN, TECHNICOLOR GROOVE, 2022. OIL ON CANVAS, 24 X 18 IN. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND SHULAMIT NAZARIAN, LOS ANGELES.
Coady Brown
Based: Philadelphia, PA
Years Active: 2016-present
Vibe: Detached digital-world dramatics
The rationale: To be able to reflect, all at once, the astral, dystopian flatness of our post-digital-totalization is quite a feat. Coady Brown’s paintings, often portraits—such as the oil-on-canvas Behold, 2023, in this show—contain the fractured-yet-“it’s fine” feeling of today. Here, the cyborg and cosmic collapse into each other with their lasting imprint being the human residue. Perhaps that’s one reason why Philly-based Brown flew out of Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center and onto the rosters of Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles and Stems in Brussels and Paris.
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