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Freight+Volume presents Merchant, Mistress, and T, an exhibition of recent works by Craig Drennen. The exhibition will be on view at the gallery's 39 Lispenard St. location from November 18th - December 30th, 2022.

T stands for Timon—the protagonist of Shakespeare’s least influential, and arguably worst play. But against the backdrop of this ill-fated work, Craig Drennen has discovered a way to stage original works that mirror our world more than Shakespeare’s.

Drennen's paintings are possessed by an autonomous agency. As cultural signifiers they allude back to the tragedy of Timon, …