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Hannah Traore Gallery is pleased to present Rachel Martin’s first solo exhibition in New York, Bending the Rules. Comprised of fifteen new works on paper that celebrate generational cultural and communal joy, the show honors summertime traditions of food-gathering practices, self-sustainability, and community through Martin’s storytelling. In centering food as a connection to home, the artist acknowledges the urban environment of New York in which she currently resides.

The exhibition takes its title from Martin’s eponymous work Bending the Rules (2024). For the artist, working from a place …