For Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 Gallery Section, Philip Martin Gallery presents a six-artist booth featuring new and never-before seen works by Kwame Brathwaite, Carl Cheng, Rema Ghuloum, Sky Glabush, Laurie Nye and Sung Jik Yang. In their respective bodies of work, these six artists of different generations and backgrounds consider interiority, personal vision, and the nature of the art object today.
Kwame BRATHWAITE (1938-2023, New York, NY) was one of the first people to promote "Black is Beautiful," one of the most important ideas of the 20th-century. Brathwaite's work is seen by scholars as a vital link between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. Brathwaite is the subject of recent and upcoming solo exhibitions at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2025, Little Rock, AR); Centre de la photographie de Mougins/Rencontres d’Arles (2025, Mougins, France); and Mead Art Museum (2026, Amherst, MA). Brathwaite's work was featured in a solo exhibition at Art Institute of Chicago (2023, Chicago, IL) that traveled to Art Center (2024, Pasadena, CA). Brathwaite's 2022-2019 eight-venue solo museum tour was accompanied by a major monograph, published by Aperture.
Carl CHENG (b. 1942, San Francisco, CA) released his "Alternative TV" works "for highest definition viewing of new alternative channel" via his intentionally anonymous corporate DBA, John Doe Co., in 1974 - the height of Watergate, the oil crisis, and the end of America's military involvement in Vietnam. Cheng fashioned his Liquid/Solid works in 1980 in China where, as an American of Chinese descent, he was able to live and work without a government minder. Cheng's trip - made just after the fall of the Gang of Four - before the emergence of China on the world stage as we know it today is of intense art-historical scholarship. Cheng's work is the subject of the solo exhibition, "Nature Never Loses," which originated at The Contemporary Austin (2024, Austin, TX); with stops at ICA Philadelphia (2024, Philadelphia, PA); Bonnefanten (2025, Maastricht, Netherlands); Museum Tinguely (2025 Basel, Switzlerand); and ICA Los Angeles (2027, Los Angeles, CA).
The work of Lebanese/Kuwati-American artist Rema GHULOUM (b. 1978, North Hollywood, CA) considers abstraction as intersection of energy. This topic that has long interested artists, be it the objective visual theories of Paul Klee, the theosophical structures of Hilma af Klint, or the pictures of Vasudeo Gaitonde. Ghuloum starts her pieces on the floor, orienting the painting in different directions as she works, pouring from buckets, sanding, and using spray bottles to build up visual density and pictorial space. Rema Ghuloum's 2025 solo show at Philip Martin Gallery was the subject of an Artforum print review.
Sky GLABUSH (b. 1970, Alert Bay, Canada) explores art-making as a route for external observation and personal self-discovery. Glabush makes paintings and works-on-paper that offer viewers an opportunity to examine interiority through an encounter with nature as figured in the language of painting. Sky Glabush's work is currently the subject of a solo exhibition at Philip Martin Gallery. Glabush's work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at National Gallery of Canada (2024, Ottawa, ON); Stephen Friedman Gallery (2024, New York, NY; 2023 London, UK); "The Moth & The Thunderclap,” Modern Art (2023, London, UK); “BodyLand,” Galerie Max Hetzler (2022, Berlin, Germany); and "Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes,” Acquavella (2022, New York, NY).
For Laurie NYE (b. 1972, Memphis, TN), nature is a place of self-discovery, connection and celebration. Her vivid brushwork, succinct color, and sophisticated use of line breaks up the picture plane, emphasizing its materiality, flatness, and the construction of painterly space. Laurie Nye’s recent solo and group exhibitions include "This World Only," at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), "The Moth & The Thunderclap,” Modern Art (2023, London, UK); "Encounter," Rachel Uffner Gallery (2023 New York, NY); “BodyLand,” Galerie Max Hetzler (2022, Berlin, Germany); "Unnatural Nature: Post-Pop Landscapes,” Acquavella (2022, New York, NY). Laurie Nye's 2021 exhibition at Philip Martin Gallery was an Artforum Best of 2021 critic's pick.
Sung Jik Yang (b. 1989, South Korea) crafts rich portraits that transport viewers into a world of unique individuals, revealing their visages and inner emotions in thoughtful, careful compositions. Sung Jik Yang structures his paintings as direct encounters between viewer and subject. Sung Jik Yang’s recent and upcoming exhibitions include “Paseo,” and “Pocket Universe,” Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); "Boys," X Museum (Beijing, China); “Friends & Lovers,” Flag Foundation (New York, NY); Friends Indeed Gallery (San Francisco, CA); Samuele Visentin (London, UK); 8-Bridges Gallery with Friends Indeed Gallery (San Francisco, CA); Eastern Projects (Los Angeles, CA); Space Gallery at Ayzenberg (Pasadena, CA). Yang’s work has been reviewed in such publications as Fuerteventura Times, Booooooom, and New American Paintings.
Art Basel Miami Beach
December 3 - 7, 2025
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Private Days (By invitation only):
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 11am-7pm, First Choice
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 4pm-7pm, Preview VIP Guests
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 11am-7pm, First Choice and Preview VIP Guests
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 4pm-7pm, Vernissage VIP Guests
Public Days (access with a ticket or a VIP Card):
Friday, December 5, 2025, 11am-6pm
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 11am-6pm
Sunday, December 7, 2025, 11am-6pm
