MASSIMO DE CARLO announced its representation of painter Jordan Casteel, whose illuminating portraits capture detailed observations of her subjects—primarily young Black men, her students, and residents of the culturally rich customs of Harlem.

She is now jointly represented by Casey Kaplan in New York and Massimo de Carlo, which has gallery locations in Milan, London, and Hong Kong.

Casteel's commencement solo museum testify in New York was recently on view at the New Museum. "Inside Achieve, New Museum" (Feb. 19-Jan. 3, 2021) presented about 40 paintings spanning her career, dating dorsum to 2013.

The run of the exhibition was extended afterward existence interrupted by the museum'south temporary closure due to COVID-19.

The New Museum testify was preceded by "Returning the Gaze," a solo exhibition organized by the Denver Art Museum, her hometown museum, that traveled to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University (2019–20). Casteel also had a solo exhibition of recent painting at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Civilisation. "Jordan Casteel: Harlem Notes" was on view at the Charlotte, N.C., museum in 2017.

Born in Denver, Colo., Casteel lives and works in New York Metropolis. She earned an MFA from Yale University (2014) and was an creative person in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2015-16).

When Casteel arrived at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., where she earned her undergraduate caste, after she was introduced to her professors and the schoolhouse's president, her mother made sure she met the people who kept the place going and would sustain her—people who worked in the kitchen and kept the grounds. An experience that reflects her family groundwork (her granddaddy was Whitney One thousand. Immature, the ceremonious rights leader who served as executive director of the Urban League) and has informed her work.

"I practise call back there is a strong connectedness betwixt my sociological studies and my work," Casteel said in a conversation with exhibition curator Massimiliano Gionio published in the catalog for "Inside Reach."

"It was besides important that I grew up in a household where social justice was at the forefront of our thoughts and our lives. I was brought up to acknowledge the presence of people who work with you. Probably, all this is reflected in my work and in the people who catch my involvement every bit subjects."

"I was brought up to acknowledge the presence of people who piece of work with you lot. Probably, all this is reflected in my work and in the people who take hold of my interest as subjects." — Jordan Casteel

Casteel's portraits are based on her ain photographs. The work has shown particular currency over the past year. In Nov, her portrait of Barack Obama was published in The Atlantic, accompanying "Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy," the magazine's coverage of "Promised Land," the former President's White House memoir.

In September, Casteel'south portrait of designer Aurora James appeared on the cover of the fall fashion effect of American Vogue. James is the creative director of Brother Vellies. Last June as racial justice protests swept the nation, she established the 15 Percentage Pledge, a call-to-action for retailers to dedicate xv percent of their shelf space to Black-owned businesses. Collectors Pamela Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida caused the original painting of James and take placed it on long-term loan to San Francisco Museum of Mod Art.

A massive landscape by Casteel is currently installed forth the High Line park in New York through this summer. A double portrait, "The Baayfalls" features Fallou, a woman Casteel became friendly with during her residency at the Studio Museum. Fallou was selling hats she designed at a tabular array in front of the museum. The paradigm captures Fallou and her brother, Baaye Demba Sow. The public artwork recreates a painting Casteel fabricated in 2017, which is too in the drove of Joyner and Giuffrida.

Massimo de Carlo represents almost 60 artists, including Sanford Biggers, McArthur Binion, and Tony Lewis. On Instagram, Casteel said she was "thrilled beyond belief" to share her new representation. Her showtime exhibition with Massimo de Carlo has however to be scheduled. The gallery told Culture Type it will be announced soon. CT

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Jordan CASTEEL, "Royal," 2021 (oil on canvas, 78 10 sixty inches). | © Jordan Casteel. Courtesy the artist and Massimo de Carlo

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"Jordan Casteel: Within Achieve" accompanied the creative person'due south exhibition at the New Museum, her first solo museum evidence in New York. "Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze" documents Jordan Casteel's showtime solo exhibition at a mainstream art museum, which was organized by the Denver Art Museum.

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