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Jordan Casteel on the art of being seen
24 October 2026
Paris Marais
By Gazelle Mba
'Casteel’s work has the studied intimacy of a photo album, images united by circumstance and careful consideration. Her paintings are a visual counterpart to the literature of Hurston, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou, which unfurls into a living collective biography. They are not an end in themselves, but a record of the effort and skill of creating closeness.'
