Jordan Casteel: Winter Sun The Best Exhibitions to See in Paris
By Andrew Hodgson
Jordan Casteel’s paintings explore the relationship between family, home and the fleeting contours of everyday life. In her new solo exhibition, ‘Winter Sun’, large oil-on-canvas works depicting domestic scenes and intimate moments among family are interspersed with snatched images of her garden in the Hudson Valley. The exhibition carries an autobiographical resonance, its winter light suggesting both seasonal dormancy and the recent birth of her child. In Weighted (For Clyde) (2026), Casteel depicts herself carrying her infant son, a long-awaited and long-worked-for arrival who represents a new beginning for the artist, but also the culmination of a long period of difficulty and mourning. Casteel’s paintings often highlight subtle gestures – of a hand, a leg, a knee – emphasized by the close crop of the image. Generations (2026), for example, depicts Casteel, her mother and her nephew seated in a row, their hands visible while their faces remain out of view. The focus shifts to three generations of a family moving in conjunction with one another across embodied time. The culmination of the show is Midnight Nasturtium (2026), situated at the end of a long corridor that itself becomes a frame for the red flowers cultivated by Casteel. With ‘Winter Sun’, she presents a candid visual narration, bringing into conversation the meaning that emerges from caring for new life and the attendant worry and dread such responsibilities bring.
