January 9, 2025, New York, NY–– Berry Campbell is pleased to announce its first-time participation in Art Basel Hong Kong. The gallery will present a group exhibition dedicated to postwar women artists, continuing its long-standing commitment to the rediscovery and elevation of historically underrepresented artists.
“Since the gallery’s inception, our mission has been to bring to light artists who were overlooked during their lifetimes. With a combination of serious research, finely curated exhibitions, and a whole lot of tenacity, we have been able to build artist legacies, while raising their markets at the same time.”
The exhibition will feature paintings by Alice Baber, Janice Biala, Bernice Bing, Lynne Drexler, Emiko Nakano, Elizabeth Osborne, and Yvonne Thomas—artists whose contributions to art history were long marginalized within mainstream art historical narratives. In recent years, these artists have seen a remarkable resurgence, as their work has been rediscovered and promoted through critical scholarship, institutional exhibitions, and growing market attention, repositioning them within the broader discourse of American modernism.
Featured in this presentation is a monumental painting by Alice Baber from 1976, which was included in her seminal solo exhibition, Alice Baber: Color, Light and Image at St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 1977. This work exemplifies Baber’s nuanced exploration of light, color, and space. A powerful canvas by Chinese American painter, Bernice Bing comes directly from the artist’s estate and has never been offered on the market before. This important example reflects her profound synthesis of Eastern philosophical traditions with the gestural language of postwar abstraction. The presentation features a luminous landscape painting by Elizabeth Osborne that underscores the artist’s engagement with atmosphere and color. The gallery will also feature a vibrant painting by Lynne Drexler from the 1960s that reveals the artist’s rigorous approach to balance, rhythm, pattern, and color. This presentation coincides with Lynne Drexler’s solo exhibition at White Cube Hong Kong.