@ninachanel "Big Butch Energy" features new works in paintings and collages that use dynamic color and form to draw viewers into complex narratives. The artist does this through stylized, cubistic, and highly charged painterly symbols. Let's take a closer look at how "The Light Skinned Comeback" (2022) demonstrates these concepts. In "The Light Skinned Comeback'' (2022) the artist chooses patterned backgrounds that evoke collegiate style. Here, Abney uses tartan and plaid, a motif meant to signify an uptight, conservative, or traditional setting or, perhaps, an Ivy League university that might be considered incompatible with the figures occupying the space. Through these works, Abney explores the tension between respectability and vulgarity, and how this tension often rests precipitously on a ravenous yearning for social belonging. Don't miss your opportunity to see this new suite of works from "Big Butch Energy", on view at the ICA Miami now through March 12th, 2023! 🔗 _______ (1) Nina Chanel Abney, “The Light Skinned Comeback,” 2022 (detail). Diptych collage on panel, 84 1/2 x 61 1/2 inches each. Courtesy the artist and Pace Prints. Photo: Zachary Balber. Courtesy Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. (2) Installation view: "Nina Chanel Abney: Big Butch Energy," 2022, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Nov 28, 2022 - Mar 5, 2023. Photo: Zachary Balber. Courtesy Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. #NinaChanelAbney #TheLightSkinnedComeback #BigButchEnergy #MiamiArt #MiamiExhibition #MiamiMuseum #MuseumExhibition #Collage #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryArtist