Primarily based on drawings done directly from observation, Tirtzah Bassel’s luminous paintings capture figures either at ease in their anonymity or discomfited within the uncannily familiar spaces they interact within, presented here by Slag Gallery (Brooklyn, booth C22)

 

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Tirtzah Bassel, Bowling Green, 2017, oil on canvas, 36 x 108 in. Image © of the artist and Slag Gallery.

 

 

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Tirtzah Bassel, Pilgrimage, 2017, oil on canvas, 84 x 120 in Image © of the artist and Slag Gallery.

 

Tirtzah Bassel, Screen, 2017, Acrylic and oil on canvas, diptych, 12 x 18 in each.  Image © of the artist and Slag Gallery.
Tirtzah Bassel, Screen, 2017, Acrylic and oil on canvas, diptych, 12 x 18 in each. Image © of the artist and Slag Gallery.

 

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Tirtzah Bassel, Convergence, 2017, oil on canvas, 120 x 60 in. Image © of the artist and Slag Gallery.