Last Chance to View On the Samara’s Wing

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on the samara’s wiNG

By Jon Duka

The exhibition ‘On the Samara’s Wing’ will end its run at The Frank on January 23. The exhibition focuses on artists who explore immigration, diaspora, transnational identity, race and belonging through dramatic allegories of landscape, botany, textiles and organic materials. Exhibiting artists include John Alleyne, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Rhea Leonard, T. Eliott Mansa, Lisyanet Rodriguez and Onajídé Shabaka.

The show brings together international and first-generation artists with a wide range of backgrounds and professional experiences. Gonzalo Fuenmayor is a Colombian artist whose drawings and installations frequently address two themes: cultural hybridity and global identity. His work has been shown throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe, most recently at the Orlando Museum of Art’s The Florida Prize 2018.

Rhea Leonard is an African American artist who uses drawing, printing, and sculpture to examine subjects related to the psychology, place, and perception of people of color in today’s society. She is presently a resident artist at Miami, Florida’s Bakehouse Art Complex.

Edouard Duval-Carrié, a local curator and worldwide visual artist, makes new adaptations of traditional Haitian iconography that allow him to connect with and confront modern societal issues. His art invites viewers to explore how Africa influenced the Americas, as well as how the Caribbean shaped the modern globe. Onajdé Shabaka is a cultural practitioner, poet, and artist who combines ethnobotany, geology, and the performative to investigate and develop origin myths that incorporate African diaspora and Native American traditions.

Lisyanet Rodriguez, a Cuban-born painter and illustrator, addresses the theme of vulnerability by making things that appear soft and familiar while still being potentially dangerous. Cuba, Florida, California, Kentucky, Portugal, England, and Italy have all had exhibitions of her art.

John Alleyne, a Barbadian artist who relocated to Brooklyn, NY, was encouraged by street art to utilize spray paint and silkscreen-collage. His work aims to question how Black people are portrayed and what masculinity means. Alleyne’s art has been shown in New York, Los Angeles, Ireland, and Louisiana. T. Eliott Mansa subverts the intended objective of finding objects gathered from wayside monuments. Ritual activities from West African, Caribbean, and Southern religious and vernacular sculptural traditions are included in his work.

▸For more information about the exhibition, gallery times, and to participate in upcoming programs, visit

www.thefrankgallery.org

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