For those of you lucky to be in or heading to Tokyo over the next few months, we send you to Perrotin for this stunning new exhibition from one of our favorite painters, Danielle Orchard, who just opened Mother of Gloom. Like some of her great contemporaries such as Jenna Gribbon or Danielle Mckinney, Orchard has found this incredible singular vision by looking at the past, present and future of painting to create something evocative and seductive. The women in Orchard's work have claimed a space, a powerful presence, that seems to take a look at all of art history and reclaim what was always there. And in this show, she creates a powerful position of motherhood in the vernacular of fine art. As the gallery notes, "Neither overtly celebratory nor sweetly nostalgic, the women of Orchard’s paintings claim their space in the world while also hinting at the conflicting emotions and potentially fraught journeys of motherhood." It's a journey we continue to be enthralled by. —Evan Pricco
Danielle Orchard "Mother of Gloom" in Tokyo
Perrotin Gallery, Tokyo // September 12, 2024 - November 10, 2024