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Fabula Rasa
Fridman Gallery is honored to present Fabula Rasa, a group exhibition of nine artists from across generations and around the world who create new myths by taking traditional fables as points of departure. The exhibition is a collection of stories, a platform for experiencing the rituals depicted by the artists, an opportunity for the gallery space itself to become ceremonial grounds.
Ghalia Benali鈥檚 mixed-media drawings and genre-defying songs take inspiration from mystical Sufi poetry. Hana Yilma Godine鈥檚 paintings on floral chiffon fabrics feature divine female characters from ancient Abyssinian mythology. Dindga McCannon鈥檚 quilted sculpture bedazzles a classical bust with shimmering sequins.
Ambrose Rhapsody Murray鈥檚 photo-prints on organza scrims framed with hand-carved wood are devotional altars to the artist鈥檚 matrilineal ancestors. Wura-Natasha Ogunji鈥檚 ink-and-thread drawings on tracing paper depict Yoruba deities 鈥� Ochun, associated with beauty, love, sensuality, pleasure, and Yemaya, the god of origins, motherhood, the ocean.
Anastasiia Podervianska鈥榮 quilt retells a Ukrainian folk tale of a serpent attacking a woman and her cow for their milk. Sahana Ramakrishnan鈥榮 paintings reverse the hierarchies often found in traditional Indian miniatures 鈥� hunter turns prey, male serves female.
Alisa Sikelianos-Carter鈥榮 celestial silk tapestry of gouache, mica, and obsidian stone embeds within it the diversity of the color black and of the Black experience. Nafis M. White鈥檚 large-than-life Oculus combines Black hair, beauty products, and hairstyling techniques with the intricate customs of Victorian Hair Weaving and mourning traditions.
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Fridman Gallery is honored to present Fabula Rasa, a group exhibition of nine artists from across generations and around the world who create new myths by taking traditional fables as points of departure. The exhibition is a collection of stories, a platform for experiencing the rituals depicted by the artists, an opportunity for the gallery space itself to become ceremonial grounds.
Ghalia Benali鈥檚 mixed-media drawings and genre-defying songs take inspiration from mystical Sufi poetry. Hana Yilma Godine鈥檚 paintings on floral chiffon fabrics feature divine female characters from ancient Abyssinian mythology. Dindga McCannon鈥檚 quilted sculpture bedazzles a classical bust with shimmering sequins.
Ambrose Rhapsody Murray鈥檚 photo-prints on organza scrims framed with hand-carved wood are devotional altars to the artist鈥檚 matrilineal ancestors. Wura-Natasha Ogunji鈥檚 ink-and-thread drawings on tracing paper depict Yoruba deities 鈥� Ochun, associated with beauty, love, sensuality, pleasure, and Yemaya, the god of origins, motherhood, the ocean.
Anastasiia Podervianska鈥榮 quilt retells a Ukrainian folk tale of a serpent attacking a woman and her cow for their milk. Sahana Ramakrishnan鈥榮 paintings reverse the hierarchies often found in traditional Indian miniatures 鈥� hunter turns prey, male serves female.
Alisa Sikelianos-Carter鈥榮 celestial silk tapestry of gouache, mica, and obsidian stone embeds within it the diversity of the color black and of the Black experience. Nafis M. White鈥檚 large-than-life Oculus combines Black hair, beauty products, and hairstyling techniques with the intricate customs of Victorian Hair Weaving and mourning traditions.
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Fridman Gallery presents Fabula Rasa, a group exhibition of nine artists from across generations and around the world who create new myths by taking traditional fables as points of departure.
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