09/25/2024
Jordan Casteel: Field of view is on view at the Hill Art Foundation! The show runs through November 23, 2024.
In exclusive audio for the digital guide for the exhibition, Casteel reflects on the ways that Bounty (2020) contrasts the woman’s stillness with busy patterns on her blouse, the paper towel packaging, and the polka-dotted wall behind her. This balance of quiet introspection and dynamic motion perfectly captures the experience of riding the subway.
Paintings such as Bounty are part of Casteel’s Subway Series: portraits of anonymous riders using public transportation in New York City. This selection of work differs from Casteel’s posed portraits or landscapes in that they are candid scenes from everyday life, offering a fleeting glimpse of the world through the artist’s eyes.
Jordan Casteel, Bounty, 2020. Oil on canvas, 72 × 56 inches (182.9 × 142.2 cm). © Jordan Casteel. Private collection, promised gift to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Photo: David Schulze