Swagato Chakravorty

In July, I opened “Every Picture Somewhat of an Experiment”: Helen Frankenthaler Prints @henryartgallery (on view through April 25, 2027). Highlighting for the first time a transformative recent gift of prints and proofs courtesy @helenfrankenthalerfoundation Prints Initiative, the exhibition spans four decades of Frankenthaler’s wide-ranging exploration of printmaking through various techniques and technologies as well as her collaborations with 5 different workshops. Her sustained dialogue bridging painting and print pushed both in new directions.

Complementing these experiments are two works (on loan) by @analiasabanstudio. Her “Printed Paint” series, poised somewhere between painting and print while refusing to be contained by the conventions of either, shares with Frankenthaler a commitment to abstraction, materiality, and rethinking what we think we know about painting, printmaking, or both.

I hope you’ll spend time with these brilliant (in every sense) works! Deepest thanks to @helenfrankenthalerfoundation @tanyabonakdargallery and many colleagues @henryartgallery. @everythingtimestudio these photos are 🤩