UPCOMING Exhibitions
STYLING A LIFE
Ghanaian artist Musah Swallah’s portraits celebrate Black beauty and the complex transnational identities of the African Diaspora.
IMAGINED OTTOMANS
Longing for a nobler past, Turkish artist Alper Demirci imbues his (mostly) fictional characters from the Ottoman Empire with meticulous cultural and historical authenticity.
STITCHING TOGETHER ORDINARY LIVES
Captivated by a bundle of family letters from 1923-24 she found in an antiques shop, UK artist Maria Walker created an intriguing body of mixed media work that lovingly portrays the intimate life of a working class family.
SUMMONING SCHEhEraZADE
Turkish artist Ayhan Algur tranforms figures from ancient cultures that once inhabited Anatolia/Asia Minor—Seljuks, Greeks, Byzantines, Hittites, Lydians, and Ottomans—and places them within a tale from 1001 Nights.
FORGED & FABRICATED
The monumental public sculptures of American artist-blacksmith John Medwedeff reflect a blacksmith’s understanding of the inherent malleability of steel, and a desire to reshape and make its surfaces his own.
BEING XAVANTE: CELEBRATE & RESIST
Creating in a style influenced by Japanese anime, Tsami’e presents the joys and struggles of his people: the Xavante, one of Brazil’s 300+ endangered indigenous cultures.