Skye Volmar on Maximalism, “Deflowering,” and Black Pubescence

View of Skye Volmar’s exhibition “flower, child,” 2021, at Deli Gallery, New York.
Skye Volmar’s solo exhibition “flower, child,” on view at Deli Gallery in Brooklyn through March 21, takes flowers as its central motif, talking back to the images we associate with young girls. In paintings, drawings, and assemblages of varying size (all 2019–21), the LA-based artist confronts her subjects’ simultaneous delicacy and vitality, using bright colors and