ArtSeen | Raquel Rabinovich: Gateless

Today, when big gestures are often the rule and superior connoisseurship can seem like a rarity, this hauntingly exquisite selection of Raquel Rabinovich’s work is a respite from the world’s chaos. Assembled to honor the first anniversary of her death, this exhibition jewel box contains a gem from each period of her practice, lovingly celebrated in essays in a memorial catalog. Her subtle works, many made over extended periods, require prolonged contemplation, causing the exhibition to feel like a meditation. Although culled from different decades of the artist’s production, they all inhabit infinite reaches of the timeline. Like the river sediments she often used, even her painted strokes feel like they were laid down at the dawn of creation.