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Over the past twenty years, Clare Rojas has developed a multifaceted art practice that draws on a wide range of inspirations, from ecofeminism to diverse literary and musical sources, the folklore of her Peruvian ancestry, the crisp formalism of 20th-century abstraction, and the fantastical spirit of Surrealism, which she has shaped into her own unique visual vocabulary. Clare Rojas: Past the Present features nearly 100 examples of the artist’s work from the past five years, including large-scale and intimate paintings, bronze sculptures, works on paper, and an installation of wallpaper designed in collaboration with Schumacher x Peg Norriss. While Rojas has veered between abstraction and magical realist figuration throughout her career, the compelling recent work included in this exhibition deftly…