Artist Adrienne Elise Tarver Explores Her Identity in New Chelsea Gallery Show

Adrienne Elise Tarver, 'Habitat,' 2024 Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 in (91.4 x 91.4 cm)

Adrienne Elise Tarver is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist who's currently showing new work at Dinner Gallery in Chelsea. In the show, called Where the Waters Go, Tarver examines her own identity as a black woman through painting, using a character she invented named Vera Otis as inspiration, as well as old Ebony magazines. Tarver discusses her work, which is on view now through June 29.

This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar