Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant
Working as a collective called Hilma’s Ghost, in consultation with the “professional witch” Sarah Potter, the artists Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray recently put together a gorgeous new tarot deck of geometric abstractions. The original 72 drawings — along with a few related paintings — are on display here. The debt to Hilma af Klint is obvious, but Hilma’s Ghost also drew from an artist of the occult — Pamela Colman Smith’s drawings for the classic Rider-Waite tarot card deck, and the results are a fascinating mélange — trippy but functional, busy but harmonious. (Decks are also available.)
The artists Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray created “Abstract Futures Tarot,” 2021, from Carrie Secrist Gallery.Credit…Jeenah Moon for The New York Times