A Beautiful Fugate at Troublesome Creek

“A Beautiful Fugate by Troublesome Creek” is a collection of paintings by Jemal Diamond, showcasing the interplay between his abstracted, segmented figures and landscapes that blend the organic with the technological. The figures exist in a state of tension – at once passive and reactive – amidst shifting natural and constructed environments. Drawing from the Spanish word “fugate,” meaning “to flee” or “escape,” the collection explores themes of movement, displacement, and the fragile balance between humanity and the worlds we navigate.