The NCA😐 Code

Not entirely renegade, and yet not beholden to painting’s a priori status in art history, Nina Chanel Abney interjected into the medium a new pictorial program, governed by her cerebrations, ideological positions, and inclinations toward digitally informed encryptions. Her designs and painting strategies collectively gestured towards a personal protocol: a code that responded to the exigencies of the twenty-first century, and that saw visuality as adept at grappling with ethical conundrums, while not abandoning art’s allure and mythos.