PREMIERE is a private exhibition experience at THE STUDY by Residence where emerging fine artists and designers have the opportunity to premiere their latest collections...

The exhibition theme is an exploration of contemporary figurative art. Selected artists share

narratives and imagery from their personal perspectives surrounding community and culture.

Curation: Aliya May (Artist Forum)

Join us September 26TH - 27TH for

PREMIERE: ARTIST FORUM presents .... Assemblage of Selves

featuring curated works from:

1. Abdul Barnes

2. Yvonne McCoy

3. Najai Johnson

Curatorial Narrative ‘ Assemblage of Selves’

This exhibition traces how Black identity is depicted as something built, not given.

Built through a figurative abstraction of migration and domestic space, through fragmentation of the body

into parts that no longer result as a single whole- and through the objects of aspiration and status that come

to stand in for a face. Exploring whole bodies in transit, to bodies broken into vibrant fragments, to bodies

erased entirely and replaced by what they own.

Each stage asks the same question with less and less of the actual person left in the frame: what remains of

someone once you've named the parts, or the possessions, that are supposed to add up to them?

Exhibition Hours

September 26th -27th 12PM-6PM

Opening Reception

Saturday September 26th 7PM-10PM

Artist Talk

Sunday September 27th 2PM-4PM

***** Select Your Artist Experience ****

Enjoy complimentary snacks & cocktails during your experience courtesy of RESIDENCE.

ALL AGES WELCOME. 21+ TO DRINK. MUST RSVP TO ATTEND

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