R. H. Quaytman, "O Tópico, Chapter 27"

Quaytman doesn't see her silkscreen paintings as singular compositions, but as parts of an overall scheme detailing the arc of her career—a "book in which each successive show is a chapter," as she describes her process. Her current show revolves around a commission for a botanical garden in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, a project she's been researching for the past two years. The pieces here represent the fruits of her labors, an out-of-town tryout of sorts: Once the exhibition comes down, the works will be permanently installed in their intended home within a pavilion designed by architect Solveig Fernlund.