"Voices of Home" Exhibition
Jenkins Johnson Projects
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Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, presents "Voices of Home", featuring works by various artists. Each of these artists visually articulates works inspired by their diverse and rich cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Featured events include the opening reception and a panel discussion in February coinciding with Black History Month.
Elaine Bradford, Zak Ové, Lisa Schmaltz, and Devin Troy Strother use mixed media, and draw on their childhood experiences to reference the paradoxes of their current environments. Representative of the approach is Trinidadian artist Zak Ové, who uses sculpture, film, found objects and photography to reinterpret lost culture and explore his Caribbean identity. His work emanates from an anthropological interest in African mythology, diaspora, tribalism and history, including the origins of the Trinidadian Carnivale.
[Image: Kajahl Benes "Freedom in a Smooth Space" (2011) oil and mixed media on canvas 90 x 80 in.]
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Schedule
from January 12, 2012 to February 28, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-01-12 from 18:00 to 20:00