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This is a halftone image created from an original pen-and-ink drawing no longer available. It was drawn by a Haitian immigrant farmworker living at the Hoehandle labor camp in Castile, NY. His work was featured in the 1986 gallery show African Past:…

A side table, situated at the corner of two walls, displays a cobalt-blue vase filled with profuse blooms and fall folliage. Blue, cross-hatched walls and the table’s gray tone harmonize with the bouquet’s primarily pink and rose tones. The…

This composition occupies a sort of uncanny valley in painting: its vase and flowers use one regime of three-dimensionality; its plant stand uses a different regime, or perhaps the same from a different vantage point. No viewing point can make those…

At the time of this painting Harlem had the highest population density in New York, so it is a surprise to see remaining pockets of its originally rural identity. On the hill above, we see newer and more expensive housing.About the Artist: Born in…

This complex still life plays with how the natural world makes its way into artistic forms and representation. A grouping of fruit at upper left is echoed in the fabric’s shapes at lower right, as with the bell pepper’s distinctive shape. A pear at…

A vase of flowers is built upon four colors—yellow, orange, green, and blue—along with well-chosen accents and whites. De-differentiating marigolds into puffs of color is complemented by Kerrwood’s flattened space; slight variations of texture on the…

The 15-acre Intergrow facility was constructed in 1998 to grow vegetables year-round on the model of Dutch greenhouses, soon focusing upon tomatoes as its most commercially viable crop. The operation was sited in Fillmore, NY for its proximity to the…