Kevin Kadar was known by his colleagues as a painter’s painter, an artist deeply committed to color, gesture, memory, and the act of painting itself. Originally planned with Kevin in 2025, this exhibition was intended to focus on his recent Bandiagara Escarpment series, inspired by the cliffs of Dogon country in Mali, West Africa. After his passing following a brief medical battle, the show became a memorial retrospective. Spanning work from 1976 through 2025, the exhibition traces Kevin’s evolution from early self-portraits and figure studies to travel paintings, the Vacuum World and Envelope paintings, and his final, radiant landscapes. It honors an artist still searching, still taking risks, and still painting with extraordinary life.
Video was created by Sasha Santiago for Froelick Gallery
