MARY LOVELACE O’NEAL – HECHO EN MÉXICO—A MANO
2024-03-25A unique and dynamic force in American art since the 1960s, Lovelace O’Neal has developed a singular visual vocabulary that is at once acutely personal and profoundly political. Drawing on a broad range of influences—from Minimalism to Abstract Expressionism—Lovelace O’Neal parses worldly themes of race and gender while remaining fully immersed in conceptual and metaphysical investigations of joy, exuberance, nature, and the sublime. The artist’s body of work—which includes paintings, prints, and drawings—reconciles the intimate and the monumental, the minimalist and the expressionist, personal narrative and collective mythology. Often working on a grand scale, Lovelace O’Neal is renowned for her keen sensitivity to color and unexpected use of materials. Her practice moves fluidly between figuration and abstraction: the suggestion of figures and architecture often lurks just beneath vivid, painterly surfaces while enigmatic—often inscrutable—titles hint opaquely at narratives that are never revealed.
Opposite – LOOK OUT FOR ME FRANCIS, 2021-2023
Exhibition runs through to May 4th, 2024
Marianne Boesky Gallery
507 West 24th Street
NY 10011
New York
