NYAB Event - "Show #5" Exhibition

"Show #5" Exhibition

The Parlour Art Gallery

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The work in this exhbition represents expressions of identity and the self.
Through their work, the artists process themselves and the world around them presenting a landscape of wonder, noise, and discontent.

Born to Japanese parents in the United States Shino Soma feels attached to both cultures and is aware of the influences they have on herself and her artwork. Starting with drawing as her base Shino Soma makes work using traditional Japanese methods in non-conventional ways. Her work expresses nagging questions of identity and alienation, the anxiety of family life, and nature vs. city.
In her piece, “I can't be corrected” Shino blends traditional wood cut print and Japanese script with repeated images of cartoon-like girls an overall effect that is both beautiful in design yet anxious, crowded and humming with emotional energy.

Unique to Kenny Rivero's work is the construction of his paintings and how they resonate on multiple levels. His different methods of application allow him to draw freely from a vast array of visual information. We see influences from “Hip-hop, Ifa, numerology, television, Jazz, Manhattan, Nigeria, Spain, and their histories”. This visual expression becomes broken up and put back together to create a personal narrative.

Johannes DeYoungs’ work is simultaneously melancholic and ridiculous. You get the sense there is a story being told, but instead you end up taking an emotional trip through someone’s unconscious. DeYoung layers his work with varied sounds – both disturbing and wacky. This adds to the portrait of a self in conflict.