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As the exhibition unfolds, each gallery explores a theme or artist central to both collections. A number of galleries feature in-depth explorations of three central themes in contemporary art: the state of abstract painting, the reemergence of a surrealist sensibility, and a rebellious challenge to traditional Modernist sculpture. The show also includes several galleries that center on dialogues between two artists. These pairings set up a series of conversations between the two collections, as well as among artists of different generations who share a creative inquiry into themes like the figure, science, poetry, fragmentation, and the very nature of painting itself.

Rashid Johnson, an artist collected in depth by the Hartland & Mackie / Labora Collection, has made a selection of historical Japanese, Italian, and Korean works from The Rachofsky Collection that form a conversation with his own work. This 鈥渆xhibition within the exhibition鈥� shows Johnson鈥檚 deep engagement with art history and demonstrates an ethos that transcends historical eras and geographic boundaries.

Fittingly, the exhibition begins with a large-scale work by Howardena Pindell, co-owned by both collections, that is inspired by a Claude Monet waterlily painting. Pindell is a historically important artist who until recently was wildly under-appreciated. Made when the artist was in her late 70s, the work is in direct dialogue with the past as it looks for exciting new potential in the realm of abstract painting. In many ways, Pindell鈥檚 work embodies the spirit of the exhibition鈥攁nd much of the work in it鈥攚ith its deep appreciation for the gravity of history, while laying the groundwork for future explorations.