Curated
ORACLES
OF
THE OTHER
Oracles of the Other foretells the myriad ways in which blackness hopes to exist outside of the bounds of Western stereotypes, where race and gender become fluid, and oppression and social inequalities are transcended through the lens of Afrofuturistic themes such as escapism, time travel, and ritualism.
Afrofuturism refers to the cross- disciplinary genre that combines science-fiction, afrocentrism, fantasy, African mythology, and technology as a creative and intellectual strategy to reimagine and recreate the distraught past, present, and future of the black diaspora.
The work of 7 artists travels outside the boundaries of places of belonging and within the Otherness by exploring narratives that repurpose the past to tell stories about ambivalent futures.
Artist include: Granville Caroll, AJ McClenon, Mahari Chabwera, Tay Butler, Qualeasha Wood, Bee Spiderman, Jasilyn Anderson.
AMERICANA
Reflecting on deeply significant scopes of culture and subjectivity, history and re-created narratives, each artist encompasses a variety of perspectives and experiences. Either grappling with tensions of cultural milieu or the politicization of black lives, together these artists find common ground by creating a narrative of the complex, fluid, and diverse encounters with a black identity in a highly political world.
The exhibition is a collection of paintings, prints, sculptures, and photographs that all confront, question, and reveal a more complete knowledge of the world as it is lived from multiple perspectives of a diaspora.
Artists featured: Merryn Alaka, Mia Adams, Kareem Ferreira, Briana Noble, Kennady Schneider, Papay Solomon & Jonathan Wright.
(Image: XXIII.I by Briana Noble)
February 15 - March 9th, 2019 at Modified Arts, Phoenix AZ