Vaughn Spann's 'Allegories' at Tampa Museum of Art

American artist Vaughn Spann presents 'Allegories' at the Tampa Museum of Art, featuring four monumental works from his Marked Men series. The exhibition uses abstraction to explore race, surveillance, and collective memory, with a recurring X motif serving as both a formal device and a political signifier. Spann's paintings blend abstraction and figuration, drawing from his personal experience of racial profiling while engaging with broader histories of vulnerability and resilience. His practice references art historical figures like Stanley Whitney and modernist abstraction, yet remains grounded in contemporary social issues. The show runs until July 5, 2026.