Cardinal Directions

Max Estrella presents Cardinal Directions, a solo exhibition by American artist Jessica Stockholder, one of the most influential figures of her generation. Her work draws on traditions as diverse as Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Minimalism and Pop Art. Since her beginnings, critics have emphasized in her work an openness to the spontaneous, the accidental and the marginal, combined with a rejection of permanence, commodification and disciplinary conventions: what critic Stephen Westfall defined as "an almost shocking sense of freedom". The exhibition, which brings together recent work by the artist, takes its title from its central piece, Cardinal Directions (2025), an installation conceived for the solo show that Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma dedicated to her in 2025 and that has recently been on view at the IVAM.