“She Taught Me to Stand on her Shoulders” Exhibition

FiveMyles

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The curator, Dr. Myrah Brown Greene has chosen eight women artists to turn the FiveMyles gallery space into a homage, a kind of altar, to the women that came before. She has included three writers, Jacqueline Johnson, Tayllor Johnson and Cathy Wright-Lewis whose writings are instruction to help with moving through the uncharted and unpredictable paths of our lives. The texts are printed on large pieces of parchment paper and are attached to the wall.

The sound of gourd rattles, hung by Cheryl Thomas within the exhibition, serve to remind the public to clear the way for the healing we need to do at this moment in our history.
Adama Delphine Fawundu’s photographs and her video projections are an acknowledgment of the ancestors before the immediate ancestors. The rituals and rites of the She of Mende, Bubi, Krim and the Bamileke have been acknowledged and used in many parts of the world. Vanessa Greene’s life size photographic montages remind us to call the name of She and Her descendants who survived that 1st journey West as captives. Their spirits continue to live and touch the souls of those who came after.

Myra Kooy’s painted doors intend to show a number of paths that lead to new beginnings. She elevates her painted figures with a crown of light to let them become contemporary archangels and a visual liaison between the past and what is yet to come. Deborah Singletary’s guardians and vision carriers in her paintings depict the familiar, but for the artist they are the wheels that carry us on this infinitely creative journey.

Dr. Myrah Brown Green is an art historian, author, lecturer, art consultant and independent curator.

Artists: Adama Delphine Fawundu . Vanessa Greene . Jacqueline Johnson Tayllor Johnson . Myra Kooy . Deborah Singletary . Cheryl Thomas
Cathie Wright-Lewis