The Field Was Never Empty @ KARL

KARL is pleased to present The Field Was Never Empty opening April 24th, 6–8pm in Waterfront Plaza. This cross-generational exhibition brings together the work of Marcia Hafif, Belinda Lee, Chandrika Marla, Anna Grace Nwosu, Anne Schaefer, and Gina Werfel.

Anchored by the work of Marcia Hafif (1929–2018), the presentation features artists who rigorously investigate the “field,” the canvas or structure that holds and shapes unique compositions. Rather than positioning the field as open or awaiting inscription, the exhibition recognizes it as already inhabited and formed through an ongoing engagement that continues to shape abstraction today. Whether through monochrome painting, gestural abstraction, or ceramics, the field emerges not as an empty ground, but as a charged site of accumulation and one marked by decades of labor, memory, and persistence that continues to reverberate across generations of artists.