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Noah Jemisin
𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
September 4 - October 24, 2026

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I am very glad to share the opening of 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙙 𝙍𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮 at 15 East 71st Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

The gallery opens Wednesday, October 29th, with an exhibition of paintings by Bill Rice, an important figure in the history of the East Village art scene.

Slide 2: Bill Rice, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦, oil on canvas, 50 × 50 in (127.0 × 127.0 cm)

Slide 3: Detail of Bill Rice, 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘴, 1984, oil on canvas, 60 × 48 in (152.4 × 121.9 cm)

Slide 4: A portrait of me by @devclaro taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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IRVING PETLIN
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴: 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1950𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 1960𝘴
October 28–December 19, 2026

Donald Ryan Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of early works by Irving Petlin (1934–2018), bringing together a group of charcoal drawings and paintings made during the 1950s and 1960s.

The exhibition traces a formative period in Petlin’s practice, from his years in Chicago and at Yale to his arrival in Paris in 1959. The works reveal moments of freedom and experimentation as Petlin developed a deeply personal figurative language shaped by memory, mythology, and the psychological and social dimensions of human experience.

Opening October 28 at Donald Ryan Gallery.

@irvingpetlinart

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Irving Petlin
1 𝘰𝘧 4 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘉𝘰𝘹, 1960
Oil on canvas
23.8 x 19.6 in (60.5 x 49.7 cm)

Irving Petlin
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥, 1959
Charcoal and pencil on paper
19 x 19 in (48.3 x 48.3 cm) taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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Signage

DONALD RYAN GALLERY
15 East 71st Street, BUZZ 2A
New York, New York 10021 taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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Noah Jemisin’s exhibition 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 is on view Tuesday - Saturday, 11AM - 6PM

15 East 71st Street, 2A
New York, New York

Noah Jemisin
𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦, 1989
Encaustic on canvas
60 × 54 in. (152.4 × 137.2 cm) taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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@marionmaneker said some nice things about Noah Jemisin’s exhibition in his @wallpowerpuck column for @puckdotnews

Thank you Marion!

The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 11AM - 6PM taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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OPENING RECEPTION TONIGHT
6-8PM

Noah Jemisin
𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴

Donald Ryan Gallery
15 East 71st Street, Suite 2A
New York, New York

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Installation View:

Noah Jemisin
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 1978
Encaustic on canvas with iron burns
72 × 46 in. (182.9 × 116.8 cm)

Noah Jemisin
𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 1979
Encaustic and wood on canvas
72 × 46 in. (182.9 × 116.8 cm) taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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Noah Jemisin
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 (𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴), 1978
Gesso and ink
23 × 54 × 1 ½ in. (58.4 × 137.2 × 3.8 cm) (framed)

Tomorrow evening, we celebrate 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, my first exhibition with Noah Jemisin. Bringing together works primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, the exhibition offers an opportunity to spend time with a remarkable body of work and an artist who has remained so committed to forging his own direction.

Opening reception tomorrow, September 9, from 6–8 PM. taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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Will Heinrich reviews 𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 in today’s New York Times.

Thank you to @willvheinrich for the thoughtful review.

𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
On view through October 24th.

Join us on September 9th, 6-8PM for our reception. taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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Noah Jemison’s “Black Valhalla”, 1976, installed in “Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces” at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022–23.

Jemison was among the earliest artists to exhibit at Just Above Midtown (JAM), the groundbreaking gallery founded by Linda Goode Bryant in 1974. Black Valhalla was first exhibited at JAM in Jemison’s 1976-77 solo exhibition. The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the painting from the gallery shortly after it was shown.

Taking its title from Valhalla, the great hall in Norse mythology where slain warriors were received, the painting brings together silhouetted figures and fluid fields of color through Jemison’s distinctive use of encaustic.

Noah Jemison
Black Valhalla, 1976
Encaustic on canvas
76 1/4 × 52 1/8 in. (193.7 × 132.4 cm)
Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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In her 1976 review of Noah Jemisin’s exhibition at Just Above Midtown, Lowery Stokes Sims describes the fluid relationship between abstraction and figuration that remain central to his work. She describes how Jemisin’s lines transform “biomorphic color forms into more specific figural identities,” while moving “in, out, through them, around and about itself.”

Nearly fifty years later, this tension between abstraction and figuration remains at the heart of the works in 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.

Opening September 9, 6–8 PM taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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NOAH JEMISIN
𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴

Opens September 9th
Reception: 6-8PM

DONALD RYAN GALLERY
15 East 71st Street, 2A
New York, NY 10021

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Jemisin’s paintings reconsider the ways history is embedded in landscape and place. His landscapes are shaped not only by geography, but by the lives, memories, and spiritual legacies of those who have inhabited them. In 1993 Lucy R. Lippard described Jemisin’s paintings as the reunion of "the spirits of place, material, and history." She explains that Jemisin’s objects possess the power to call "any audience into a more intimate relationship with their own material memories." Place, for Jemisin, is both a record of lived experience and a means of negotiating and understanding of one’s own position in the world. taken in New York, New York by @donald_ryan_gallery

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The Cycladic Museum
Athens, Greece taken in Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" by @donald_ryan_gallery

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