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Wen Tao

Wen Tao is an artist and writer based in New York City.

Paul Fägerskiöld: Flatlands

By Wen Tao

In Edwin Abbott’s 1884 novella Flatland, Mr. A Square, living in a two-dimensional plane, has an oracular vision when a three-dimensional sphere intercepts his world.

<p>Paul Fägerskiöld, <em>42nd Parallel Symphony</em>, 2008–2019, Acrylic Flashe on linen, 117 x 275 inches. Image courtesy the artist and Peter Blum Gallery, New York. Photo credit: Etienne Frossard</p>

Louis Fratino: Come Softly to Me

By Wen Tao

Louis Fratino lavishes art-historical quotations on doe-eyed, love-besotted young men in his jewel-like oil paintings with the same easy generosity as spring magnolias currently give off their perfume.

Louis Fratino, <em>Kissing Couple</em>, 2019. Oil on canvas, 75 x 60 inches. © Louis Fratino. Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

Devin Kenny: rootkits rootwork

By Wen Tao

Interdisciplinary artist Devin Kenny uses art as a unique language to articulate systemic structures: invisible logic and motives that dictate power relations as well as recognized narratives.

Devin Kenny,<em> Do You Even Talk To Your Neighbors?</em>, 2018. 35-gallon drum grill, photographs, documents, cellular phones, aluminum foil, 56 x 18 1/2 x 52 inches. Courtesy the artist.
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MAY 2020

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