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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 Steven Shearer’s Tin Jobber, 2024. A text by filmmaker and writer Durga Chew-Bose accompanies the presentation.

THIS PAINTING WAS MADE TO BE LOOKED AT
By Durga Chew-Bose

In the studio, his chair is adjusted to standing height, so even when he’s sitting, he sees as though he might be standing. But is that true? Sitting …