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Fredericks & Freiser is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Lamar Peterson: Proud Gardener. Occupying a liminal space between the sublime and the quotidian is the inhabited sphere of Peterson’s figures. Bright, candy-colored hues meet graphic figuration that combines the pursuit of painterly flatness with perspectival depth. Brilliant white smiles and relaxed poses heighten the sense of uncanny beauty signaling a response to possible anxieties simmering beneath the surface. In this series of works, Peterson’s distinctive smiling Black man amidst florae …