Past
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Roots and Routes
Group Show 13 Jul - 24 Aug 2024 Brooklyn The journey, more than the destination, is often what shapes us. In this group exhibition, the profound heritage of African American families and the diverse paths they have traversed are illuminated. “Roots and Routes” uses the lens of migration, urbanization, and cultural exchange to capture the essence of ancestral origins,... Read more -
Unsung Heroes
Terence Byas aka Dredske 20 Apr - 1 Jun 2024 Brooklyn When it comes to challenging how we approach issues of race, disparity, and social critique, Dredske’s paintings have transported us to speculative realities that allow us to ask unforeseeable questions. In this exhibition, he diverts his path. Where he once guided viewers through history, he asks us to stop and... Read more -
Wonder World
Frank Morrison 18 Nov - 31 Dec 2023 Brooklyn The innocence of childhood allows our imaginations to envision futures that are larger than life. The ability to be anyone, do anything, and experience all that the world has to offer feels as if it is at our fingertips. This youthful wonder soon becomes obscured by reality. It is at... Read more -
Reach the World, but Touch the Hood First
Brittsense 24 Jun - 5 Aug 2023 Brooklyn What does it mean to be remembered? There are our own memories that keep us connected to the past. There is cultural memory that keeps us tied to our ancestors. However, there is also a social memory that uses half-truths, falsehoods, and stereotypes to create a reputation that sticks in... Read more
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Memories of a Neighborhood Boy
Melvin Nesbitt Jr. 22 Apr - 3 Jun 2023 Brooklyn Collagist Melvin L. Nesbitt Jr. (b. 1973) repurposes paper to create the pages of a book he would have loved as a child. The Washington, D.C.-based artist explores themes of boyhood, community, and play in his solo exhibition Memories of a Neighborhood Boy, on view at Richard Beavers Gallery from... Read more -
Baptism Sunday
Lynthia Edwards 21 Jan - 25 Feb 2023 Brooklyn As we witness the culture and the stories of southern life seem to slowly slip into obscurity, artist Lynthia Edwards offers us a glimpse of these fading traditions. Like a jigsaw puzzle assembling before our eyes, her work becomes an amalgamation of a distinctive regional visual vocabulary. From this new... Read more -
Pastime Paradise
Stefanie Jackson 5 Nov - 10 Dec 2022 Brooklyn “Pastime Paradise” is a song by Stevie Wonder from the 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. The lyrics allude to living in a pastime paradise, where they’ve been wasting most of their days, then contrasts that with living in a future paradise, “looking in their minds for the... Read more -
Hebrew Boys: Portals of Faith
Genesis Tramaine 9 Nov 2019 - 19 Jan 2020 Brooklyn In the series, Hebrew Boys: Portals of Faith, artist Genesis Tramaine draws inspiration from the Biblical book of Daniel, where Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (later and better known as Shadrach, Meshach Abednego) are laid captive in Babylon. Rejecting authoritarian orders of idolatry by reaffirming their beliefs and culture, the... Read more
