Contemporary art is a barometer for the moment in which it was created. Consciously or not, artists working today are absorbing and harnessing the uncertainty, grief, pain, and occasional joy of the present, and channeling it into their paintings and drawings, sculptures and assemblages, films and digital animations. And it’s the artists in the early stages of their careers who have the most to prove: Not only must they live up to this moment, they must make their name known in the process.
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