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Casey Kaplan is pleased to announce Jordan Casteel: Nights in Harlem. For her inaugural exhibition with the gallery, Casteel (b. 1989, Denver, CO) presents a new series of larger-than-life oil on canvas paintings depicting black male subjects who continue to guide her practice. Inspired by the streets of Harlem at night, the artist draws from personal experiences and cultural truths to realize her portraits.

Upon her move to Harlem, New York for The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence Program in 2015, Casteel was reintroduced to the neighborhood’s ever-evolving urbanscape. Synonymous …