This summer, Public Art Fund launched Art on the Grid, a multi-platform exhibition of new work by a group of 50 New York-based, emerging artists. The exhibition was conceived in the spring of 2020 in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As it developed, the parallel epidemic of systemic racism came into sharp and painful focus. Both crises now set the backdrop for the exhibition. Works in the exhibition are united around a number of themes including healing and loss; community and isolation; intimacy and solitude; and the creation of a future that is more just, inclusive, and equitable.
I was excited to be commissioned to be a part of the exhibit among New York’s finest emerging artists. Special thanks to Nicholas Baume, Katerina Stathopoulou, the Public Art Fund team, and nominators. My featured image is currently on view on 10 bus shelters (listed below) and more LinkNYC kiosks across all five boroughs.
Artist Statement:
AGAPE, 2020
AGAPE is a meditation on interdependence. As my father often recites “No man is an island, entire of itself.” These past few months have represented a personal moment of deep introspect and revelations on the things that matter most. To accurately capture that in an image is a lifelong quest, but solemn gestures and tender moments like these offer a useful language on what it means to be together but apart right now.