Christina Shen

Christina Shen is a contributor to the Brooklyn Rail.

PURE GAZE is Tiona Nekkia McClodden’s first solo exhibition with the gallery in New York, featuring work from her ongoing series “NEVER LET ME GO,” initiated in 2023.

Tiona Nekkia McClodden, NEVER LET ME GO | XXXVII. stay ready [37], 2025. Black jute rope, steel, leather, leather dye and Saphir shoe polish, 48 ¼ × 25 inches. © Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Courtesy the artist and White Cube. Photo: © White Cube (Frankie Tyska).

Ching Ho Cheng’s solo exhibition at BANK’s Elizabeth Street gallery is replete with smooth and luminous surfaces. The gouache and pastel works on view were created at the artist’s residence and studio at the fabled Chelsea Hotel, and many works represent sunlight cast through windows and onto the hotel walls. The paintings produce a tranquil and focused ambiance as they invite one to bask in their subtle tonal variations.

Ching Ho Cheng, Untitled from “Shadow Box” series, 1982. Gouache on rag paper, 60 x 20 inches. Courtesy the Ching Ho Cheng Estate.

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