'Ancestral Home' (2018)
The art world is addicted to bigness: themed extravaganzas, panoramic biennials and multi-decade retrospectives. Sometimes, though, what the soul needs is an anti-blockbuster — a single work, say, that anchors a miniature exhibition in an upstairs gallery of an out-of-the-way arts centre. Meet Maia Cruz Palileo and her “Ancestral Home”, a magnetic painting of seductive surface, structural complexity and strong character, now on view at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.
