Racing Thoughts-Fever Dreaming: New Paintings by Carl E Hazlewood

By Akima McPherson On In Eye on Art |
Carl E Hazlewood, Blackhead Anansi Sails Across the Savannah, acrylic and latex paint, tape, plastic netting, polyester material, cut paper, map pins, push pins, wood, rope, oil pastels, roofing velvet, faux diamonds, metallic string, polyester rope. 30’ x 40’ x 8.’ 2023. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist.)
Carl E Hazlewood, Blackhead Anansi Sails Across the Savannah, acrylic and latex paint, tape, plastic netting, polyester material, cut paper, map pins, push pins, wood, rope, oil pastels, roofing velvet, faux diamonds, metallic string, polyester rope. 30’ x 40’ x 8.’ 2023. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist.)

Continued from last week:

Rounding out a very good year for Carl E Hazlewood in 2022, Welancora Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, presented Racing Thoughts-Fever Dreaming: New Paintings by Carl E Hazlewood at Art Basel Miami Beach, from November 29 to December 3, 2022.

Art Basel stands at the pinnacle of the contemporary art world. From its inception, it has been at the helm of setting trends and giving space to new approaches to art. As a consequence, over the last 53 years, it has established itself as one of the most prestigious art events. The annual art fair brings together the work of prominent and established artists alongside those of emerging artists, gallerists, and curators from across the art world. The fair is also a magnet for collectors and art enthusiasts. Founded in 1970, Art Basel appears to have immediately established itself as a leading international art fair hosting 90 galleries alongside 30 publishers from nearly a dozen countries (10 to be precise). The inaugural exhibition was also visited by 16,000 people. In 1978, Hazlewood participated in the art fair with the Organisation for Independent Artists (OIA). Today the fair, which takes its name from its original host city in Switzerland, has ‘branch fairs’ in major cities across the globe from Miami to Hong Kong to Paris.