[from the pressrelease]
The exhibition will also debut a new series of five charcoal works on paper. Unlike acrylic paint, charcoal imposes tighter constraints. These new works are made through erasure rather than addition: forms emerge as the material is removed, with sections of paper carefully cut away and surfaces peeled back using an X-Acto knife. Because stenciling is so central to her practice—creating order through sharp edges and layered forms—Quarles developed a way to invert that process in charcoal.