2 years ago
38
1
Posted On: April 25th 2024, 03:36 pm
Join Mike Brown Contemporary for a conversation with solo exhibiting artist Cedric Umoja.
Thursday May 2, 7 PM
Umoja will discuss his process, practice and the body of work in is solo exhibition The Field, currently on view at MBC thru May 12.
He'll be joined by special guest
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Columbia's Poet Laureate Bartell Boykin will share new poems inspired by Umoja's exhibition.
...any cultivated ground or pasture, an agricultural metaphor for the church, an open land, area free of woods and buildings. An area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features. A region of space for which each point is associated with a specific physical quantity. Properties of matter that are formed at scales below that of human perception, and thus appear continuous at human scales, such as temperature or soil moisture. Shadow economies that support grind and hustle culture, both legal and illicit.
Umoja’s work imagines the field as a liminal space. The uncertain transition between enslavement and freedom. Between forced labor camp and free Black space. Where Black people have been and where Black people are going physically, emotionally, or metaphorically. Between providing for an oppressor and providing for themselves. It’s an exploration of past, current and future projects of labor, resistance, and land occupation. This exhibition includes three channel video projections, sculpture, large mixed media paintings on canvas, small mixed media works on paper, sculpture and installation. Heavily influenced by ancient and contemporary mark making, these vibrant works include collage assemblage, and performance replete with ritual and a nod to vernacular houses, work spaces, places of worship and the jeweled styling of matriarchs and hard old men.
@umojaizm @michaelapilarbrown
Thursday May 2, 7 PM
Umoja will discuss his process, practice and the body of work in is solo exhibition The Field, currently on view at MBC thru May 12.
He'll be joined by special guest
Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Columbia's Poet Laureate Bartell Boykin will share new poems inspired by Umoja's exhibition.
...any cultivated ground or pasture, an agricultural metaphor for the church, an open land, area free of woods and buildings. An area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features. A region of space for which each point is associated with a specific physical quantity. Properties of matter that are formed at scales below that of human perception, and thus appear continuous at human scales, such as temperature or soil moisture. Shadow economies that support grind and hustle culture, both legal and illicit.
Umoja’s work imagines the field as a liminal space. The uncertain transition between enslavement and freedom. Between forced labor camp and free Black space. Where Black people have been and where Black people are going physically, emotionally, or metaphorically. Between providing for an oppressor and providing for themselves. It’s an exploration of past, current and future projects of labor, resistance, and land occupation. This exhibition includes three channel video projections, sculpture, large mixed media paintings on canvas, small mixed media works on paper, sculpture and installation. Heavily influenced by ancient and contemporary mark making, these vibrant works include collage assemblage, and performance replete with ritual and a nod to vernacular houses, work spaces, places of worship and the jeweled styling of matriarchs and hard old men.
@umojaizm @michaelapilarbrown
Comments (1)
More posts
