Paula Kamps, Painter of Rare Sensitivity, Dies at 36

In Memoriam honors recently lost figures in the art world. Tess Jaray is recognized as a luminary of abstraction, and Ben Morea as a counterculture icon. The tribute describes Paula Kamps as an artist whose paintings use fragmented figures, flowers, and everyday scenes, bridging watercolor and drawing with hazy and brilliant color stains and symbolic elements. It notes her solo exhibitions in Munich, Chicago, and Paris, her teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the presence of her work in permanent collections such as the X Museum in Beijing. Other losses include a prolific urban tagger associated with the Miami Style Gods crew, a master artisan who specialized in clay platters, pots, and animals, and a foundational figure in Greece’s contemporary art scene who established and led the National Museum of Contemporary Art for 14 years.

"Her paintings, often featuring fragmented figures, flowers, and scenes of daily life, bridge watercolor and drawing, with hazy and brilliant stains of color and arcane symbology. She held solo exhibitions at Galerie Christine Mayer in Munich, M. LeBlanc in Chicago, and Sans titre in Paris, and more; taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and her work is held in permanent collections of institutions such as the X Museum in Beijing."

""Paula Kamps was an artist of rare sensitivity," sans titre, her representing gallery, said in a statement. "Her work will remain with us, not only through the exhibitions, projects, and moments we shared, but through the lasting presence it continues to hold in the lives of those who encountered it.""

"A prolific urban tagger and member of the Miami Style Gods (MSG) crew, he was known for traversing treacherous urban landscapes to tag street infrastructure. The artist appeared in the 2018 VICE documentary, Miami's Graffiti Style Gods, in which he describes his passion for street tagging, which has been viewed more than 6 million times."

"A foundational figure of Greece's contemporary art scene, she established the National Museum of Contemporary Art, its first national institution of contemporary art, and led it for 14 years. As curator of the 20th-century collections at the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens earlier in her ca"

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