Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle “Say It Isn’t So….”

Jenkins Johnson Projects

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Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York is pleased to present Say It Isn’t So…., the New York debut of critically acclaimed contemporary artist Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle. Hinkle’s work was shown in The Studio Museum in Harlem’s Fore exhibition, and she was the youngest participant in the Made in LA 2012 biennial at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Her artwork and performances of experimental texts have been reviewed by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Artforum, The Huffington Post, and LA Weekly, and she was a finalist for the 2013 Los Angeles Artadia Award. Say It Isn’t So… will be on view in New York from February 20 through April 5. There will be an opening reception with the artist on Thursday, February 20 from 6 to 8 pm.

Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle is an interdisciplinary, Los Angeles-based visual artist, writer, and performer who is interested having a conversation about the complexities of history and power. Say It Isn’t So… is woven from historical and contemporary narratives that raise questions concerning our collective encounters with the black female body and its relationship to the exotic. The exhibition features a variety of media, including drawings, paintings, text-based work, audio, and video. These pieces explore personal narratives from the artist intermingled with known and unknown historical figures in relationship to notions and constructions of the black female body as a prototype for both exotic beauty and repulsion.

[Image: Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle “Tituba Becomes the Night” (2014) india ink, cotton archival paper, 54.5 x 44.5 in.]

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from February 20, 2014 to April 26, 2014

Opening Reception on 2014-02-20 from 18:00 to 20:00

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