Justyna Kisielewicz

Justyna grew up in then-Communist Poland and her recent mixed-media paintings explore colonialism. They’re rich with symbolism down to the color— when she speaks of pink: pink like death by cyanide and pink like toys flooding in from the West after the Iron Curtain fell in 1991. The monochromatic tapestries falling like curtains over candy-colored action represent an ever-present history, a door that opens and closes like history repeating itself. Learn more about Justyna here.  

Ayako Rokkaku

I saw Ayako in Miami in 2016. It was my first Miami Art Week and I saw her inside one of the pristine bright-white fair tents, fingerpainting a wall. She said hi and went back to work, messy, and I sort of wondered if anyone realized she was back here doing this with Warhols and Picassos on the wall just behind her. Little did I know she was internationally famous for such brazen work, beloved for her freedom and exuberance. Recently she’s taken on a new artform with her latest showing, Mountains of Nameless Emotions, delightful fabric confection-like towers. Learn more about Ayako here.

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