Timothy Curtis: Face to the Sun @ Almine Rech, New York, Upper East Side

A major New York exhibition by Philadelphia-born artist Timothy Curtis, Face to the Sun shows an artist turning his face toward the warming sun of freedom through artmaking. A recurring motif in the show is flowers, symbols of happiness that also turn their faces to the sun. Curtis has built a remarkable career, especially for a self-taught artist, with solo presentations in Tokyo, New York, Berlin, and Paris and inclusion in group shows at the Drawing Center in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Saatchi Gallery in London, and the Museo Picasso Malaga in Spain.