Karen GundersonDark Waves Rising
Oct 22 – Dec 19, 2026 Chelsea
Opening soon
Thu, Oct 22Opening reception, 6–8 pm
Sat, Nov 7Karen Gunderson in conversation with Margaret Andera, Milwaukee Art Museum
New oil-on-linen paintings of ocean waves and the moon, built from layered black and, for the first time, blue pigments.
Gunderson shows paintings from two long-running series. The Water paintings start from her own photographs taken whale watching on Cape Cod or looking over the Hudson behind her studio; long brushstrokes give the waves a textured surface that seems to shift with the viewer’s position. Here she adds blue pigment to her usual black for the first time.
The Moon paintings, begun around 1999–2000 in response to talk of advertising in space, are worked from NASA images. This is her first New York solo show in over ten years and her first with the gallery, which she joined in 2025.
Full details at yanceyrichardson.com
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