Cristin Tierney Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Joe Fig entitled Contemplating Compositions, a continuation of his 2020 exhibition Contemplation. The exhibition opens Friday, September 8 with a public reception, for which the artist will be present. Contemplating Compositions will be on view through October 21, 2023.
The paintings in Contemplating Compositions present versions of the same scene: people looking at art, some in galleries, others in museums. Settings run the gamut from crowded blockbuster shows like the New Museum's Mutu exhibition (2023) and the Guggenheim's Alex Katz exhibition (2022-23), to intimate portraits of an individual completely absorbed in an artwork. Started nearly a decade ago, the series illustrates numerous exhibitions from the past few years and chronicles the artist's travels across the country.
