Casey Kaplan
Denver Art Museum to Present Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is proud to announce Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze, an exhibition of nearly 30 paintings by Denver-born artist Jordan Casteel, who is now based in Harlem, New York. This presentation represents Casteel’s first major museum exhibition, and provides audiences with a first look at new work by one of the most acclaimed emerging artists working today. The exhibition showcases Casteel’s largescale portraits that depict the black subjects who drive her practice. Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze, will be on view Feb. 2, 2019 through June 2, 2019, in the Gallagher Gallery of the Hamilton Building at the DAM.
“It is an honor to present Jordan Casteel’s first exhibition of this scale in her hometown and to share the power of her canvases with local audiences and visitors to our city,” said Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer Director of the DAM. “Casteel’s stories of individuals are based on personal experience, revealing the importance of human connection in our lives and elevating our everyday interactions through portraiture.”
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