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Hal Bromm
90 West Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY, 10007
+1 212-732-6196
Tuesday–Saturday 12–5pm
Or any time by appointment
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NOW ON VIEWGallery open Tuesday–Saturday 12–5, or by appointment
Grace Graupe-Pillard:
Burning Point
September 9 - November 21, 2026
Hal Bromm is honored to present BURNING POINT, an exhibition of monumental paintings by Grace Graupe-Pillard opened on September 9, 2026. The exhibition will be on view at Hal Bromm/Tribeca through November 21, 2026.
The daughter of German Jewish refugees who fled Nazi persecution, and whose paternal grandparents died in Theresienstadt, Graupe-Pillard came of age with an acute awareness of injustice and a deep sensitivity toward those whom governments and societies overlook. Finding herself amidst a period of shifts in her personal life that coincided with the geopolitical fallout of 9/11, Graupe-Pillard’s work became saturated in imagery of disintegration, displacement, and fragmentation:
“I document global genocide and the anguish of innocent civilians caught in a spiral of death and destruction…
In a universe where terrorism, ethnic cleansing, environmental and cultural upheaval have dominated the news cycles, I look at the devastating impact of hostilities on the populace, with a visual dissolution of camouflage-like forms, fragmenting the picture plane as it does people’s lives."
The body of work featured in BURNING POINT amplifies this feeling of dissolution; how the violence perpetrated against innocent lives becomes obfuscated against a backdrop of divisive politics and a news cycle fueled by sensationalism over truth. Taking after Goya, Graupe-Pillard distills the imagery of the headlines into large-scale ‘history paintings’ that begin to dissolve under the weight of a culture urging us to look away, even as the atrocities arrive on our doorstep. Each painting begins with photographs which the artist then re-imagines through digital manipulation and recomposition; civilians become faceless shapes among the abstract reality of a war only experienced through the media, eruptions of flames are refracted through kaleidoscopic photo-composites. These alterations are reflective of the manner in which truth becomes distorted as information is filtered through algorithmic digital mediators, arriving on our screens only after it has been twisted into something almost unrecognizable. The imagery mirrors the fracturing of people’s lives under state violence.In a universe where terrorism, ethnic cleansing, environmental and cultural upheaval have dominated the news cycles, I look at the devastating impact of hostilities on the populace, with a visual dissolution of camouflage-like forms, fragmenting the picture plane as it does people’s lives."
Press:
September, 2026
September 9, 2026
The Dialectical Art of Grace Graupe-Pillard: An Update
Burning Point
Two Coats of Paint
Berman
Berman
Meer
Take One Action
Art At a Time Like This
Hal Bromm is excited to announce Grace Graupe-Pillard’s inclusion in Take One Action, a new online exhibition from Art At a Time Like This. Grace Graupe-Pillard is showcasing her work, Scotus Quashing My V. In this piece Graupe-Pillard calls for an “overturn the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision and reinstate Roe vs Wade. Give women back CHOICE over their bodies.”
Take One Action is a public campaign that calls on artists to explore how their creative practice can support democratic freedoms amid widespread fascism. As the American public becomes more embroiled in the effects of authoritarianism, the pressure on everyday people trying to survive rises. In the wake of a crashing economy, deteriorating medical and educational infrastructure, wars manipulating financial markets, and an upending AI revolution led by techno-oligarchs, public dissent ensues and sparks defiance. Such pressures become a catalyst for many artists to examine the political systems that define our personal lives, inspiring them to develop strategies that best support collective well-being. Through Take One Action, artists from across the United States are prompted to use their visual practice as a basis for presenting step-by-step actions that everyday people can take to save democracy. The initiative enacts a call-and-response between the people and their government.
Now on View:
Grace Graupe-Pillard: Burning Point @ Hal Bromm, Tribeca
September 9 - November 21, 2026
Take One Action
online exhibition
by Art At A Time Like This
featuring Grace Graupe-Pillard