{"id":9696,"date":"2022-02-25T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=9696"},"modified":"2022-02-15T16:44:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:44:12","slug":"roxa-smith-at-c24-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/25\/roxa-smith-at-c24-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxa Smith at C24 Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pattern and color are the last words in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roxasmith.com\/\">Roxa Smith<\/a>\u2019s lively paintings of imaginary interiors at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c24gallery.com\/in-her-space\">C24 Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea.\u00a0 Smith, who grew up in Venezuela and moved to New York in the 90s, explains that as a child, family trips exposed her to colonial towns and indigenous and folk art that have influenced her current aesthetic.\u00a0 Already drawn to interiors, she became devoted to the subject after visiting an exhibition of Matisse\u2019s painting at the National Gallery in Washington DC.\u00a0 Uplifting, lively and engaging, Smith\u2019s paintings offer a moment of pure pleasure.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through March 11<sup>th<\/sup>.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9697\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9697\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9697\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9697\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roxa_smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roxa_smith.jpg 2813w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roxa_smith-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roxa_smith-481x400.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxa Smith, Gated Sanctuary, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pattern and color are the last words in Roxa Smith\u2019s lively paintings of imaginary interiors at C24 Gallery in Chelsea.\u00a0 Smith, who grew up in Venezuela and moved to New York in the 90s, explains that as a child, family trips exposed her to colonial towns and indigenous and folk art that have influenced her &hellip; 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