Nachume Miller: Behind the Painting abcdinamo Using only a compact camera

Using only a compact camera and seven rolls of film for 48 hours – welcome to 48

Texts by Jason Alejandro

these artefacts defy any claims of authoritativeness in an age in which visual culture is shared on social media and all over the web

Drawing on a series of photographs made between 2019 and 2020 in the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street train station in Queens

this is a bold collection of work straight from the mind of the artist

Nachume Miller: Behind the Painting abcdinamo Using only a compact cameraA revelatory compilation of sketchbook pages from a protagonist of 1970s New York painting Nachume Miller (194998) was a German born Israeli painter who became well known in the US after immigrating to New York City in 1974. Millers first major exhibition was the Guggenheims Young American Artists: 1978 Exxon National Exhibition (he was the youngest artist ever to present work at the museum); he also exhibited at Exit Art, MoMA and the E. M. Donahue