In the country that has spawned those men we will no longer name, resides queer, African American artist a’driane nieves represented by Albion Jeune Gallery. As a survivor of multiple levels of trauma, nieves’ praxis is an embodiment of turning away: she describes her paintings as acts of turning her body, psyche and soul inside out. In you have authorized our destruction and yet still I choose to live, the pain of the process is livid and beautiful.
March 2, 2025
