About the Exhibit - (Nothing but) Flowers
(Nothing but) Flowers is Karma Gallery’s summer show, on view July 30—September 13, 2020, and is not your average group show. Karma goes above and beyond, gathering over 50 artists, who represent some of the most impressive emerging artists of our time.
Seriously, if you don’t know anything about art just pick one artist from this exhibition and they’re a star.
“The artists selected for this exhibition comprise a large swath of friends, collaborators and heroes whose critical work has provided ongoing inspiration” (source)
The exhibit centers around one theme - flowers.
“In this difficult period of pause, many of us have turned toward cultural experiences to find shared comfort, community, and growth. Symbols and traditions are reconsidered and reinvigorated by the context of our troubled times. And there is perhaps no symbol more enduringly vivacious, beautifully somber, and universally beloved than the ubiquitous, sublime flower.” (source)
"The flower persists throughout art history...yet most essentially for the present day, the tending and gifting of flowers is steeped in cultural practice. As balms of solace and support during times of remembrance and growth, blooms connote the sharing of emotion, and are given in sympathy, love, joy, or appreciation." (source)
“(Nothing but) Flowers seeks to illuminate the capacity of the humble botanical motif to capture sorrow, stimulate rehabilitation, and guide us through periods of mourning, celebration, and rebirth.” (source)
Artists in the show
Albert York
Alex Katz
Amy Sillman
and Lisa Yuskavage
Andrew Cranston
Ann Craven
Calvin Marcus
Cecily Brown
Charles Burchfield
Dike Blair
Ed Baynard
Elaine Sturtevant
Elizabeth Peyton
Ernst Yohji Jaeger
Gertrude Abercrombie
Helen Marden
Henni Alftan
Hilary Pecis
Honor Titus
Ida Ekblad
James Harrison
Jane Freilicher
Jeanette Mundt
Jennifer Packer
Joe Brainard
Jonas Wood
Karen Kilimnik
Lois Dodd
Lubaina Himid
Manoucher Yektai
Marina Adams
Mark Grotjahn
Marley Freeman
Matt Connors
Matthew Wong
Matvey Levenstein
Max Jansons
Minnie Evans
Nell Blaine
Nicolas Party
Nicole Eisenman
Peter Doig
Reggie Burrows Hodges
Richard Pettibone
Samuel Hindolo
Sanou Oumar
Sanya Kantarovsky
Shannon Cartier Lucy
Somaya Critchlow
Soumya Netrabile
Stanley Whitney
Stephanie Crawford
Susan Jane Walp
Tabboo!
Uman
Vern Blosum
Verne Dawson
Woody De Othello
Zenzaburo Kojima
