Real Feel
on view September 5 – October 7, 2023
Morgan Lehman Gallery
526 West 26th Street, Suite 410
New York, NY 10001

I am very happy to be showing a series of new paintings at Morgan Lehman Gallery this fall. The paintings are all from this year, and the result of an intense hermit mode of studio time while listening to Sufi lectures.

“In making the paintings on display, the artist was drawn to the idea of a “welcoming void”. In each composition, Elsayed arranges colored forms to emphasize a sense of entry and openness. The images imply pictorial depth despite their ostensible formal flatness, and in this way invite the viewer into and through the space. It’s also no coincidence that some works feel flag-like, pointing us further toward a conception of place and country.”