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Despite their subdued grisaille palette, Olivia Jia<\/a>\u2019s intimately-scaled paintings at Margot Samel Gallery<\/a> entice with their crisp, realist renderings of artworks, artists and nature.\u00a0 Here, a bronze ritual vessel features on one page of an open book opposite an ornamental comb, their relationship a mystery, the pictured book a product of the artist\u2019s imagination.\u00a0 Jia has explained that her upbringing in the U.S., cut off from family by distance and from the material culture of her parents\u2019 homeland has prompted her to paint artifacts that stand in the gap. \u00a0Though we know from the painting\u2019s title that the featured photograph of the young woman is Jia\u2019s grandmother, the picture is partially obscured and rests on a sheet of broken glass or mirror; though the significance of each item is clear, the meaning is not, allowing us to share in Jia\u2019s desire for deeper connection. (On view through May 31st<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Olivia Jia, Night Studio (bronze ritual vessel, horn comb with painted bird, branches, two lilies, portrait of my grandmother), oil on panel, 16 x 20 inches, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite their subdued grisaille palette, Olivia Jia\u2019s intimately-scaled paintings at Margot Samel Gallery entice with their crisp, realist renderings of artworks, artists and nature.\u00a0 Here, a bronze ritual vessel features on one page of an open book opposite an ornamental comb, their relationship a mystery, the pictured book a product of the artist\u2019s imagination.\u00a0 Jia … <\/p>\n

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