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Chapter NY is excited to present 41 Floors, a solo exhibition of paintings by Cheyenne Julien.
Through portraits, landscapes and still lifes, Julien’s practice centers around architectural spaces, revealing the power of built environments to dictate racial perception. The artist’s most recent body of work draws inspiration from famed architect Paul Rudolph and his richly imaginative drawings that offer an idealistic vision of architecture’s potential to positively impact and guide urban renewal. In the early 1970s Rudolph designed Tracey Towers in the Bronx, the only subsidized housing project of his career. An apartment within one of these two Brutalist skyscrapers later became Julien’s childhood home. The striking presence of Tracey Towers remain both a predominant part of the Bronx skyline and a reoccurring subject in Julien’s work.
For her exhibition at Chapter, Julien focuses on the outdoor spaces in and around Tracey Towers that were part of Rudolph’s...More
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Chapter NY is excited to present 41 Floors, a solo exhibition of paintings by Cheyenne Julien.
Through portraits, landscapes and still lifes, Julien’s practice centers around architectural spaces, revealing the power of built environments to dictate racial perception. The artist’s most recent body of work draws inspiration from famed architect Paul Rudolph and his richly imaginative drawings that offer an idealistic vision of architecture’s potential to positively impact and guide urban renewal. In the early 1970s Rudolph designed Tracey Towers in the Bronx, the only subsidized housing project of his career. An apartment within one of these two Brutalist skyscrapers later became Julien’s childhood home. The striking presence of Tracey Towers remain both a predominant part of the Bronx skyline and a reoccurring subject in Julien’s work.
For her exhibition at Chapter, Julien focuses on the outdoor spaces in and around Tracey Towers that were part of Rudolph’s...More
