In the Flesh | Oil paintings conveying body language

33 Contemporary, with locations in Chicago and Miami, presents another exciting online exclusive hosted on Artsy.net. The show titled Flesh runs for almost the entirety of February, and features 20-plus artists who “work with the figure and use paint to convey body language,” notes the show curator, Didi Menendez.

Nicole Bishop

First Light, 2023

Oil on Dibond

36 × 20 in | 91.4 × 50.8 cm

In works like First Light by show artist Nicole Bishop, the body language is telling a story of healing after hardship—one piece out of a series that walks the viewer through stages of a female figures “metamorphosis and change,” says the artist. “Each piece stands alone and does not need to be seen with the others to be appreciated. First Light especially is a stand-alone piece and a personal favorite of mine.”