This is Close Looks: a semi-regular column from CULTURED Co-Chief Art Critics Johanna Fateman and John Vincler. This series of long-form pieces dives into both buzzy and under-the-radar shows alike, revealing the trends, ideas, and controversies that shape what’s happening—and what’s to come—in the art world.
Artist Nengi Omuku Works the Crowd in a Suite of Fresh Paintings
The Nigerian artist, in her New York solo debut at Kasmin Gallery, proves herself an expert at painting scenes of groups and crowds in surreally imagined spaces of clouds, fields of flowers, and seascapes.