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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ / ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– / ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
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๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™– ๐™†๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฏ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ โ™ฅ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Filmed on April 5, 2026 

Pictured in backround is ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–โ€™s painting, ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ? 2026, Oil on paper, 16x20โ€ 
โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅThis work has been collected๐Ÿน

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ’ŒGrateful to ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž @image_naryfriend & ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž @nathaliebasoski for filming.

๐Ÿ’Œavail on our Artist Talk Archive:
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Fall sunset on the farmโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅinstallation views of ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ / ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ / ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– / ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž 

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๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™– โ™ฅ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Filmed on April 5, 2026 

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ’ŒGrateful to ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž @image_naryfriend & ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž @nathaliebasoski for filming.

๐Ÿ’Œavail on our Artist Talk Archive:
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๐Ÿ’œat sunset๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿงก

๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™–, intallation views [ground], 2026.

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ, installation views [door at ๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™, chimney], 2026.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ / ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ / ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– / ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž 

๐ŸPlease Save the Date for our Artist Talk moderated by ๐™’๐™š๐™ž๐™๐™ช๐™ž ๐™‡๐™ช which will take place on Saturday, Oct 10 @3pm

๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™
1642 Weirfield St. 
Ridgewood, NY 11385

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๐™Ž๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก โ™ฅ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Filmed on April 5, 2026 

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ’ŒGrateful to ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž @image_naryfriend & ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž @nathaliebasoski for filming.

๐Ÿ’Œavail on our Artist Talk Archive:
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The Need of Being Versed in Country Things featuring work by Sammy Bennett / chukwumaa / Jeanne F. Jalandoni

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๐™…๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ โ™ฅ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Filmed on April 5, 2026 

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ’ŒGrateful to ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž @image_naryfriend & ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž @nathaliebasoski for filming.

๐Ÿ’Œavail on our Artist Talk Archive:
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Animals make a home of whatever is left๐Ÿค๐Ÿชบ๐Ÿค
๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ, installation details, 2026.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ / ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ / ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– / ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž 

๐Ÿ’“open for regular gallery hours tomorrow, Wed 1-6

๐ŸPlease Save the Date for our Artist Talk moderated by ๐™’๐™š๐™ž๐™๐™ช๐™ž ๐™‡๐™ช which will take place on Saturday, Oct 10 @3pm

๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™
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Self-professed as the sweeping kind, ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– recalls their female relatives in Nigeria complimenting them by saying โ€œoฬฃ na je ozi ka nwanyiฬฃโ€ / โ€œthey do chores like a woman,โ€ meaning they do them well and with pleasure.

A traditional Igbo broom, or aziฬฃza, crafted from dried palm tree fronds tightly bound together at the handle, cleverly allowing adjustability to make it narrow enough to reach corners and spread out enough to cover wider swaths of ground, is widely used across Nigeria and viewed as an essential household item representing cleanliness and order. The broom also carries a harder to describe resonance and signifigance which became more evident to me as we were installing and passerby would stop to ask us what we were doing with the brooms, which felt familiar and specific to them. Once satisfied that ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– has a personal connection to the object, they would open up to share their familial connection to the broom. This positionality of being loaded with memory and meaning may be what the Artist was referring to when they called the broom a โ€œpersistent object.โ€

As an artist inspired by the persistent object vs the ephemeral dust that is meant to be swept, ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– is interested in exploring the reverb that a simple sound takes on, gaining more textures as the sound grows throughout the duration of a sweeping performance. The wind carries massive plumes of mineral-rich dust from the Saharan desert in North Africa and travels thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. The sonic possibilities of dust, an object which itself is amorphous and surrounds us, and the action of gathering dust with a beautifully made tool, creates multiple refracted layers thru which to view journeys, movement, migration and entanglement. 

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Born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Prince Georgeโ€™s County, Maryland, ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– makes soft sculptures, techno-divining performances and other media experiments about liminal characters, Igbo trickster myths and non-linear narratives. 
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1. Photo by Guarionex Rodriguez Jr. @ guarionex_jr
8. Photo by kolja tinkova @koljatinkova by @tempest.gallery
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furled/unfurled ๐Ÿชฝ๐Ÿชฝ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ (๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ), 2026, Wall Arrangement; Acrylic and Oil on Wood, Metal Hinges, Dimensions Variable.

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 ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ / ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ / ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– / ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž 

๐ŸPlease Save the Date for our Artist Talk moderated by ๐™’๐™š๐™ž๐™๐™ช๐™ž ๐™‡๐™ช which will take place on Saturday, Oct 10 @3pm

๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™
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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ, installation views [door at ๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™], 2026.

๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™–, intallation views [niche & ground], 2026.

๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž, installation views [3 paintings+++ on Northeast wall], 2026. 

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ / ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ / ๐™˜๐™๐™ช๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™– / ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™. ๐™…๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž 

๐ŸPlease Save the Date for our Artist Talk moderated by ๐™’๐™š๐™ž๐™๐™ช๐™ž ๐™‡๐™ช which will take place on Saturday, Oct 10 @3pm

๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™
1642 Weirfield St. 
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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ, installation details, 2026

Within ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ฎโ€˜s work, there are many intricate, pale details embedded within a world layered with bricks, wood, grass, vines, spider webs, flowers and butterflies. The cartoonish and robust meet with delicate, lightly printed sheer organza and invite the viewer to lean in closer and search with their eyes. A family story, a poem about loss, personal keepsakes like letters and needlework samplers filled with familial love are littered across a landscape that is built to hold them. 

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ is open today 1-6

๐ŸPlease Save the Date for our Artist Talk moderated by ๐™’๐™š๐™ž๐™๐™ช๐™ž ๐™‡๐™ช which will take place on Saturday, Oct 10 @3pm

๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™€๐™Ž๐™
1642 Weirfield St. 
Ridgewood, NY 11385

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til Oct 10 by @tempest.gallery
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