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The Spotlight series includes a new or never-before-exhibited artwork paired with a commissioned piece of writing, creating focused and thoughtful conversations between the visual arts and authors, critics, poets, scholars, and beyond. In this iteration, the Spotlight features Maud Madsen’s Backseaters, 2024. A text by art advisor and writer Maria Vogel accompanies the presentation.

Not Taking a Backseat, 2024
By Maria Vogel

Recently, watching the two-and-a-half-year-old son of friends transported me to distant but still familiar memories from my own childhood. Since meeting him at just a few …