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Basie Allen
resting in fractures after the facts
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Basie Allen (b. New York City) uses poetry and painting to explore the space between living in cities and being in nature. Through a process of layering written text, paint, décollage, and transfer, Allen experientially mimics the sensation of putting on boots and walking into a landscape. The work is accentuated by cultural and personal identity, memory, and gestural abstraction.
His work has been exhibited at Eric Firestone (East Hampton, 2024), V1 (Copenhagen, 2024), MoMA PS1 (Queens, 2024), Massimodecarlo (Milan, 2022), Olympia (NYC, 2021), and Marlborough Contemporary (NYC, 2018). Art fairs include The Armory Show ( NYC 2024) and NADA (Miami 2024). He’s been an artist in residency at Modern ancient Brown (Detroit 2022) and Mount Lebanon (NY 2019).
His debut collection of poetry, Palm-Lined with Potience, was nominated for the National Book Award in 2023.
basie.allen@gmail.com
Marlborough Contemporary - BURNT