GALERIE MAGAZINE
By Lucy Rees
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| An installation view of "Parables of Nana" at Almine Rech, London
PHOTO: COURTESY OF ALMINE RECH |
Artists throughout history have channeled divine inspiration to make sense of the universe and one’s place within it. Following in that tradition is the contemporary Brooklyn painter
Genesis Tramaine, whose hypnotic paintings explore biblical allegory through the vibrant lens of West African culture. “Each piece is a gospel song,” Tramaine says of the 19 works that were recently featured in her first solo show at
Almine Rech Gallery in London. With an aesthetic rooted in modernism and a strong connection to the 1980s graffiti scene in New York, her singular portraits emerge from a monochromatic backdrop of cobalt blues, ochers, or deep crimson reds. [
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| Genesis Tramaine.
PHOTO: KEENON PERRY |
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| Genesis Tramaine, Witnessing Grace, 2020.
PHOTO: MATTHEW KROENING, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND ALMINE RECH
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