Raque Ford presents a new body of work in her first solo exhibition at Greene Naftali. Nighttime Grudge or How I Wanted to be a Rockstar features large-scale prints, wall-mounted works in acrylic, and a series of free-standing sculptures, all of which make use of the artist’s distinctive, text-based visual language. An accomplished printmaker, Ford has made a new suite of monotypes with the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, combining narrative and image in layers of cut-out phrases, scrawled script, and floral forms. Her sculptures delve into architectural space and the legacy of postminimalism, taking the form of platform dance floors at the gallery's center.
Raque Ford (b. 1986, Columbia, Maryland) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her work is currently on view in Greater New York at MoMA PS1 through April 18. Other significant group shows include the Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo (through June 5); Morán Morán, Mexico City (2021); Greene Naftali, New York (2020); Kai Matsumiya, New York (2019); Roberta Pelan, Toronto (2017); SculptureCenter, Queens (2016); and Division Gallery, Montreal (2016); and recent solo presentations include 321 Gallery, Brooklyn (2019); CAPITAL, San Francisco (2017); and Shoot the Lobster, New York (2017). Ford’s work is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.