Robert Peterson, Gods Favorite, 2023. Photo by Thomas Müller
"Reflections" unites recent works by LA’s Lanise Howard and Oklahoma’s Robert Peterson, each known for their stirring Black portraits. Both artists possess Lucien Freud-like ability to reach into their subjects and reveal something particularly visceral or vulnerable. Howard’s ‘Waiting on a memory’ and Peterson "Saint Gregory" are genuine emotional tours de force - while the latter’s unusual application of color in Skin Noir and Soulful seems rife with metaphor.