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“Space Cowrie” and “Perceiver/Perception”
October 4, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Two new exhibitions are now on view at the Office of Arts & Culture’s ARTS at King Street Station gallery.
Space Cowrie is a multimedia exhibition exploring African diasporic desire – the whirring space of longing, grief, joy and healing.
Through experimentation with traditional and nontraditional forms, Le’Ecia Farmer examines both the fragmented and whole sides of individual and collective desire.
The exhibition will include painting, textile pieces, constructed garments, and video installations.
Eymah Nuzhat’s installation Perceiver/Perception transforms the narratives of women’s experiences of sexual assaults, through the lens of the perceiver, into powerful visual autobiographies.
Nuzhat portrays the stories and emotions of abused women – particularly when the perpetrators are family members – and how this alters the victim’s self-perception over time. Her work also exposes how society’s reactions can shun the victim, which leads to the glorification of the abuser.
Perceiver/Perception features watercolors, handmade gold paint and gilding on traditional hand-glued paper.
Images (l-r): Artwork courtesy of Le’Ecia Farmer and detail from Untitled, Eymah Nuzhat, watercolors on Wasli paper, 2022.