SHINE AMERICA 2043, 2021
45 x 85 inches
Unique
© Karen Navarro

DESPOJO, 2022
Archival inkjet print, wood, acrylic paint, Epoxy
69.5 x 46 in
© Karen Navarro

Foto Relevance | Jan. 13 - Feb. 23, 2023

Foto Relevance is pleased to announce Somos Millones, a solo exhibition of works by Karen Navarro. Somos Millones (we are millions) is a visual expression of identity though the artist’s uniquely deconstructed and reconstructed portraits of first, second and third generation American immigrants. Navarro’s mixed-media works investigate a sense of belonging as influenced by race, migration, and the artist’s own indigenous identity. By exploring her ancestral culture, and her experience as an American immigrant, she creates connections between a vast constellation of identities in the present time — connections which reinforce a vision of a more just future. Navarro utilizes crowdsourced skin tones, data, and language to craft deeply resonant portraits and experiential installations, inviting the viewer to see the world through her gaze. Somos Millones will be on view at Foto Relevance from January 13 through February 25, 2023.

To view more of this exhibition, please visit here.

Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 2020

Enari Gallery | Jan. 13 - Feb. 18, 2023

Enari Gallery is pleased to present Earth Uprising, a solo showcase of David Benjamin Sherry’s work. The show seeks to challenge and reinvigorate the American Western landscape by immersing the viewer into a realm of mysticism, abstraction, and human connection. The artist writes:

“The dramatic size and coloration of the print provides an additional layer of experience to the work, akin to my own experience traveling through these spiritual places and witnessing the spectacle firsthand. The color and scale is meant to help enhance recognition, understanding, meaning and empathy for these fragile and threatened landscapes.”

To view more of this exhibition, please visit here.

**Man, 2019**
pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Pearl paper mounted to Dibond 48" × 60" (121.9 cm × 152.4 cm), image, paper and mount 48-7/8" × 60-7/8" (124.1 cm × 154.6 cm)
© RaMell Ross, courtesy Pace Gallery

**House and Car, near Akron, Alabama, 1981**
pigment print
27" × 34" (68.6 cm × 86.4 cm), image 32" × 40" (81.3 cm × 101.6 cm)
© William Christenberry, courtesy Pace Gallery

Pace Gallery | Jan. 13 - Feb. 25, 2023

Pace is pleased to announce a two-person exhibition that juxtaposes works by the late photographer, painter, and sculptor William Christenberry, and the interdisciplinary artist, photographer, and Academy Award- nominated filmmaker RaMell Ross. Organized by Ross in collaboration with the Christenberry family and on view from January 13 to February 25 at the gallery’s 510 West 25th Street space in New York, the show will shed light on the two artists’ distinct approaches to creating a portrait of a place: Hale County, Alabama.

Reflecting distinct artistic visions and historical contexts, works by Christenberry and Ross employ radically different modes of engagement with the spirit of Hale County, yet both artists deal directly with the racial violence embedded in its history. Ross’s photographs serve as lush, tender portraits of Black life in the American South, while Christenberry’s beautifully composed yet largely unpeopled images focus on the region’s changing landscape over time. Ross began his photography practice while employed as a social worker in Hale County. His work has been deeply influenced by that of Christenberry, whose childhood in Hale County and encounters with the Ku Klux Klan had a profound impact on his practice. Exhibited in dialogue with one another, the artists’ works grapple with the beauty of everyday life over and against the legacy of white supremacist terrorism that has shaped the history of both Hale County and the United States itself.

To view more of this exhibition, please visit here.