Pastine Project is thrilled to unveil a new exhibition of work by Archana Horsting, on view from October 5 to November 16.  This will be Horsting’s first showing in the city since her celebrated fifty-year retrospective at Kala Art Institute.

Eight works in oil stick on paper and two prints will be on display. I chose these pieces not to chart a specific artistic journey or historical arc, but simply for their aesthetic impact. The works that spoke to me most profoundly possessed a particular vulnerability or quirkiness that drew me deeper into art’s enigmatic communion. Some, like Quonset Hut, amused with their awkward stylization and deliberate simplicity. Others, such as Cloud Combat after Alvin Langdon Coburn's The Cloud, seduced with their shifting grays, evoking sky and water without ever quite settling into conventional illustration. These pieces reveal art's ability to resonate on a level beyond the purely formal, inviting a more intimate engagement with its mystery

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