Perrotin is thrilled to announce representation of Nina Chanel Abney (born Chicago, IL, USA; lives and works in New York). Her debut exhibition at Perrotin will open at the Paris gallery in September, marking Abney’s first exhibition in France since her large-scale exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in 2018.

Combining representation and abstraction, Nina Chanel Abney’s paintings capture the frenetic pace of contemporary culture. Broaching subjects as diverse as race, celebrity, religion, politics, sex, and art history, her works eschew linear storytelling in lieu of disjointed narratives. The effect is information overload, balanced with a kind of spontaneous order, where time and space are compressed and identity is interchangeable. Her distinctively bold style harnesses the flux and simultaneity that has come to define life in the 21st century. Paying homage to the sophisticated color theories of Matisse, continuing the legacy of cubists, Picasso and Léger, and connecting with the synesthetic sensibilities of Harlem Renaissance greats, Douglas and Lawrence, Abney brings these historical movements into contemporary pertinence.

Perrotin will represent Nina Chanel Abney in collaboration with Jack Shainman Gallery and Pace Prints.

photo: Todd Midler