I'm proudly supporting my partner, Kai Lumumba Barrow, as she re-emerges as a visual artist with her first exhibition in... a hot minute:0 Below is the artist statement about the show and one of my favorite photos by Sedrick Miles who came to by the crib (to kai's in-home studio)and took some candid flicks. (yes. she paints in heels:)
Kai's contribution is a 7-piece Hottentot series (it was 6-pieces til bout 3 days ago:). Check out a brief version of Sarah Baartman's story as Venus Hottentot here. It's something else...oh, the many ways and conditions we survive.
a little about the work and the forthcoming exhibit at Brecht Forum in NYC:
Kwiza: To Come, Prodigal Art by Odinga, Barrow, and Goff
Brecht Forum, 451 West St., NY
Opening Reception, April 30th, 7pm-10pm
"Kwiza is an inquiry of migration and alienation. Collectively, the artists achieve a volatility that inundates the viewer with blood-rich images & textures. Plunging into the reservior of marginality that binds oppressed people, these works are unapologetically political and courageously personal."
