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Jarrett Earnest

Jarrett Earnest recently edited Painting Is a Supreme Fiction: Writings by Jesse Murry, 1980–1993 and co-curated the exhibition “Jesse Murry: Rising” at David Zwirner Gallery in New York City. He is the Curator of the final installment of “Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection,” on view at the Drawing Center, New York City, until February 20, 2022. (December 2021)

Landscapes of the Imagination

Jesse Murry’s abstract seascapes enabled him to explore the inner world of the mind while infusing his art with his life as a gay Black man.

December 2, 2021 issue

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