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The focus of the gallery is to exhibit and represent artists from around the world by mounting major exhibitions and publishing scholarly catalogs.

07/12/2024

With a little less than two weeks before Metamorphoses, our current exhibition of work by Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith, comes to an end, we’re spotlighting this piece in the show entitled, Three-headed Janus. In this work Smith is depicted as Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. Rather than rendering the god in the traditional form of two heads, one looking to the past/backwards and the other looking to the future/forwards, Smith decided to add in a third head: the present, symbolized by the eye looking directly at the viewer. With all three heads combined, this work recognizes Smith’s past (the blue theatrical mask for offering), his present (looking at the viewer), and his future (with the myrtle branch). This myrtle branch, painted in genuine gold, is an allude to Smith’s exhibition next year at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, a museum known for its collection of gilded wreaths.

Visit the gallery to see Metamorphoses before it closes on Thursday, July 25.

Image: Three-headed Janus, 2024, 24k goldpoint, silverpoint, lapis lazuli egg tempera, and gold on prepared paper mounted on panel, 16x20 inches

07/03/2024

Today, in preparation for the Fourth of July, we will be closing early at 4pm! Click the link in our bio to make an appointment. We will be closed from July 4-7.

Come back and visit us on Monday, July 8 to see our current exhibition of work by Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith, Metamorphoses. You may view the works by clicking the link in our bio!

Our summer hours are 11am-5pm Monday-Friday. Saturday is by appointment only and we are closed on Sundays.

Artwork:
Chris Cook
Untitled (Fourth of July), 2024

06/21/2024

On Thursday, June 27, the next Artists in Dialogue session at MFA Houston features artists Helen Evans Ramsaran and Floyd Newsum in conversation about their respective practices. The conversation takes place in the Lynn Wyatt Theater, located in the Kinder Building.

Designed to feature, amplify, and give space to Black contemporary artists, the format of the program emphasizes what the title suggests—artists engaged in conversation with each other about their work, and/or whatever the artists would like.
 Helen Evans Ramsaran, was born in Bryan, Texas. The research for much of Ramsaran’s work involved extensive travel, over a thirty-year period, throughout Africa, Europe, Mexico, China, and Japan. During the early 80’s she traveled to Pietrasanta in Italy where she set up a small studio and spent several months casting in bronze. A few of the most pivotal moments in her research came when she visited Mexico (1982) where she observed the ancient sculpture and architecture of the Toltecs, Mayans, Zapotecs and Aztecs; Japan (1984) where she learned the delicate art of traditional Japanese papermaking or Washi while being apprenticed to the papermaker, Hiroyuki Fukunishi; and, in Zimbabwe (1987-1988) where she created a group of twenty stone carvings and bronze sculptures called Prehistoric Stamps that suggest the prehistoric origins of seeds, fossils, animals, and the Shona, Karanga and Ndebele people of the region. The overwhelming presence of granite boulders, in Zimbabwe, adorned with prehistoric, red ochre paintings of warriors and animals would forever shape Helen’s approach to her work going forward.

Visit our link in bio to learn more. A big thank you to Anita Bateman, Ph.D. Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at MFAH.

Image:
Helen Evans Ramsaran, Webs and Veils, 1978, bronze with brown patina, 60x36 inches

06/18/2024

In honor of the Juneteenth holiday, we will be closed tomorrow June 19. The gallery will reopen on Thursday, June 20 during our normal summer hours.

In this image from the cover of Deborah Willis’ book “The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship”, we are reminded of Dr. Willis’ work uncovering lost and concealed histories. As the foremost scholar on African American photography and photographers, in this monograph, Willis reveals stories of love and resistance in the face of the most inhumane odds.

“Photography first appeared in the United States in the 1840s, a time when images were more accessible than ever before. Photography became the mechanical visual evidence that slavery existed as did its resistance. Indeed, I believe the story of the resistance can be found in the photographs of black civil war soldiers, that was the impetus for this book.” - Deborah Willis The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History Of Conflict And citizenship

Deborah Willis is a renowned American artist, photographer, curator, and academic, celebrated for her contributions to the fields of photography and African American studies. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she has established herself as a leading authority on the representation of African American culture and history in photography.

Her work as a curator includes influential exhibitions such as “Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present” and “Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present.” These exhibitions, alongside her numerous books and publications, have played a critical role in highlighting the contributions of African American photographers and expanding the understanding of visual culture. Her dedication to documenting and preserving African American culture through photography has made her a pivotal figure in both the art world and academia.

06/14/2024

“Metamorphoses” is on view now. The exhibition is a solo presentation of works in metal point, egg tempera, gold leaf and lapis lazuli by Darryl Babatunde Smith. Filtered through ancient Greek and Roman mythology, the works confront issues related to transformation and self-love as Smith charts his evolution as a q***r Black man.

Smith’s Taste Testers pictured here is a black-figure vase painting thematically based on Dionysus, the Greek God of Wine and his followers. In this work, Smith was conceptually thinking about wine and its ability to slow the senses and the thought processes, which was viewed as a ticket to a form of liberation in Roman mythology. Smith’s decision to execute this work with a bit of Queerness and eroticism at play is evident in the ph***ic depiction of the grapes. With a stern look in his eyes, the subject confidently gazes back at the viewer as he takes wine from its source.

“Metamorpohses” is on view until July 25. In effect now, our summer hours are Monday-Friday from 11am-5pm and by appointment on Saturday.

Image:
Taste Tester, 2024, 24k goldpoint, silverpoint, and egg tempera on prepared paper mounted on panel, 16 x 20 inches

06/13/2024

Join us on Thursday, June 20 at 12pm for another episode of Welancora Speaks. In support of our new exhibition, Metamorphoses | Μεταμορφώσεις, artist Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith will be in conversation with Dr. Sarah Derbew, Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University. Registration is required through the link in our bio. We look forward to engaging with you!

06/07/2024

Welancora is pleased to announce the opening of Metamorphoses, a solo exhibition of new work by Philadelphia-based artist Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith. Metamorphoses will be on view from June 13 to July 25, 2024. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, June 13 from 6pm-8pm.

Taking inspiration from Ovid’s 8 CE epic, Metamorphoses confronts issues related to transformation and self-love. Smith’s affinity for linguistics and classical studies provides the framework for utilizing myth and language as a way to understand his journey as a q***r Black man. In this self-portrait titled In the Garden, Smith draws inspiration from the Greek god Dionysos. Combining grape leaves, vines, and leaves from his surrounding location in Philadelphia, Smith creates a symbol of liberation. Metalpoint and painted elements near his face come together to represent one of Dionysos’ epithets.

Smith earned his BFA in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and his MFA in Drawing with Anatomy from the New York Academy of Art.

Artwork:
In the Garden, 2023,
24k goldpoint, silverpoint, gouache, and collage on mineral paper,
11x14

06/06/2024

“The states of chemical and physical influence within my paintings visually mirror the potentials of the universe, on scales ranging from grand to intimate” - King David

Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn to immigrant parents from the Caribbean, David’s unique upbringing influences his artistic passions. His voice and expressive style is manifested through his abstract paintings which feature a colorful, physical, and textured appearance inspired by his upbringing in New York City and the lush Caribbean land of his ancestors. David’s paintings explore the paradoxical relationship between his ideas around beauty and ugliness, as oil paint flows freely across the surface of the wood or copper to build layers that align with the layers of life and existence. He pays close attention to the values and saturations of layers of paint to consider what kind of harmony will emerge.

Click the link in our bio to view more works from King David.

Artwork:
Openings, 2020
Oil on wood
4 x 2 ft

06/05/2024

Happy birthday to abstract painter and mixed media artist !

Chris Watt’s work aims to revise and re-examine social and personal narratives through the transfiguration of painting and installation. Composed of mixed media on sheer polyester screens, his paintings expose their frame and wall behind it. Watts overturns art historical conventions to create spaces for introspection, remembrance, and meditation through abstraction. Join us today in celebrating Chris and his work!

Second Image:
THE SPIRITS THAT LEND STRENGTH ARE INVISIBLE ###I, 2023
Peruvian pigments, resin, poly-chiffon, stained wood
59 x 47 inches

05/22/2024

We are pleased to share that Carl E. Hazlewood’s work is currently on view at McClain Gallery for the group exhibition, Strangeness, Tone, and Translucency. Today, Wednesday May 22, from 6pm-7:30pm CDT (7pm-8:30pm EST), McClain Gallery will hold a moderated artist talk between, around, and about the artists included in the exhibition. The talk will be in a hybrid format. Click the link in our bio to join the Zoom call.
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Artwork:
Carl E. Hazlewood
BlackHead Anansi Her Slow Dance, 2022
Polyester, cut Hahnemuhle paper, vinyl tape, push pins, map pins, oil pastel, acrylic, metallic cord, pigment ink
51 x 34 inches.

05/21/2024

We are excited to present Welancora Speaks, a new series of artist talks held at Welancora Gallery.

In support of Na’ye Perez’s current exhibition at Welancora Gallery, Shake Loose My Skin, we welcome you to join us for a conversation between Perez and Leandra-Juliet Kelley, the Director of Collections + Curatorial Affairs at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture.

This talk will be held in a hybrid format; you may attend this event in person at the gallery or via Zoom on Wednesday, June 5, at 12pm; please click in our bio to RSVP! Shake Loose My Skin will be extended through Thursday, June 6.

05/11/2024

Happy birthday to sculptor !

In this work titled King of An Ancient World, Helen makes reference to the 3-year widespread famine in the United States and abroad also know as the global food crisis of 1972-75, which began with severe drought in the Sahel Region in Africa. Political and economic policies along with the early effects of global warming exacerbated the situation across several continents.

Join us in wishing Helen a very happy birthday.

Second Image:
King of An Ancient World, 1976, bronze

05/01/2024

Summer soft
Wakes you up with a kiss to start the morning off
In the midst of herself playing Santa Claus
She brings gifts through her breeze

- Stevie Wonder

We’re looking forward to scenes like this one captured by Chris Cook depicting a New York City ritual of children finding respite from the summer heat through open fire hydrants.

Chris Cook (b. 1992) is a fine art photographer and painter who is known for documenting the urban landscape in cities across the United States and abroad. Cook is concerned with developing a vast chronicle of the sociopolitical issues of his generation by creating works that preserve histories, record experiences and capture the human condition. His creative process incorporates traditional and new digital printmaking techniques to speak to the ways in which histories repeat themselves and the impact that technology has on how we perceive the world.

Artwork:
Summer Time, 2019

Girl Blowing Bubbles, 2022

04/28/2024

Today, April 28, we celebrate the life and work of artist , who was born on this day. Happy birthday Carl!

After many years of creating free form site-specific installations and other combined-media works, Carl E Hazlewood has returned to making paintings on canvas and mixed media works on paper that formally echo, in some ways, the colorful poetics of his process oriented ‘Demerara’ series produced during the late 1970s through 1980s. About those earlier paintings Hazlewood said at the time, “I was born in the Demerara region of Guyana. There is a great river, ‘Demerara’ and a county named after it. Without sounding overly dramatic or romantic, my paintings are, at least in the conventions of naming, an acknowledgement of the persistence of cultural and personal memory encoded in the way I see colour—that is, landscape colour, skin colour, pure prismatic colour. “ More introspective in its approach to themes and concepts regarding identity and how one exists in our current social and cultural reality, paint on canvas, and works on paper sit alongside the extemporaneous wall works Carl has become known for over the last ten years or so.

04/24/2024

We are excited to announce that Strangeness, Tone, Translucency, is currently on view at McClain Gallery in Houston, Texas. The exhibition features works by Welancora Gallery artist Carl E. Hazlewood, Radcliffe Bailey, Nathaniel Donnett, Jodi Hays, Dorothy Hood, Delita Martin, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, Salle Werner Vaughn and Nari Ward.

According to the press release, the works in this show use opacity, texture, rhythm, and see-through veils to shake the ground on which the viewer stands - surrealist vistas seep, and the irresistible urge to hear, touch, and look take over. Built around the magical yet formally rigorous collage work of artist Dorothy Hood., Strangeness, Tone, Translucency is a wander through collage today and its history.

Houston holds a special place in Hazlewood’s development as a young artist growing up, as it is where he lived upon first arriving to the U.S. and where he studied under muralist John Biggers.

A special thank you to Hélène Schlumberger for organizing the exhibition.

04/18/2024

Shake Loose My Skin, a solo exhibition of work by Na’ye Perez, opens tonight from 6-8pm! How does one capture the essence of a community and what does it mean to document its lifecycle? Perez’s eclectic mixed media compositions encapsulate the vibrancy, shared joys, histories and traumas of inner city youth culture. Creating scenes that are a blend of reality and imagination, Perez uses a wide range of materials to archive the small, fleeting moments of everyday life in various places. Also on view is a performance piece captured on a 44 minute film and an installation in the form of an answering machine.

Click the link in our bio to access a Spotify/Apple Music playlist that Na’ye listens to while working in his studio and other songs that directly relate to titles of his work.

04/16/2024

As the daughter of a gynecologist, Debra Cartwright is an artist interested in depicting the relationship between the black female body and American medical history. Now more than ever, Debra’s works connect that historical relationship to that of the present day: Women of color in New Jersey are seven times more likely to die while seeking maternal health care. Debra’s delicate watercolors, depicting abstracted and contorted bodies, act as studies for her larger oil paintings. Please click the link in our bio to view new watercolors by the artist.

Artwork:
Captice Exchange, 2024
Watercolor collage on paper
9 x 12 inches

04/12/2024

“I’ve always considered myself basically a painter despite however my art may express itself…whether hovering between two and three dimensions, or negotiating a flat digital surface.” - Carl E. Hazlewood

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Sharpe-Walentas Open Studios take place this weekend, April 13th and 14th, in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Carl E. Hazlewood is a current studio artist!

While Hazlewood’s wall installations and mixed media works on paper have been expansive and inclusive in getting to an affective image, his practice has always been grounded in the formal, emotional, and cultural problematics of painting.

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Image: Carl in the Studio by Chris Cook

Sharpe-Walentas Open Studios
Saturday, April 13-14, 1-6PM
Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 6-9PM
20 Jay Street, Suite 270
Brooklyn, New York 11201

04/11/2024

to last year’s EXPO Chicago where we showed works by Oasa DuVerney and Helen Evans Ramsaran. We hope everyone enjoys Chicago Art Week! Click the link in our bio to view more works from Oasa and Helen.

Artwork:
Oasa Duverney
Assata Shakur as Queen Nzinga of Ndongo Preparing for Ascent, 2023
Graphite and acrylic on hand cut paper
57 x 67.5 inches

Helen Evans Ramsaran
A Willow’s Secret, 1978
Bronze with Copper Patina
72 x 36 x 2 inches

04/11/2024

For his exhibition at Welancora Gallery, Journey Into the Lost and Found, Tyrone Mitchell has stated that his works “deal with questions of religion and spirituality” and that his spiritual quest influences what he does. Namely, pieces such as An American Education and Tulsa II have this influence; the latter piece was part of a performance on the opening night of the exhibition.

“The idea was to bring a certain level of spirituality to the interaction by just looking at the work but also being part of the work. It engages you in the questions.”

This exhibition will close today, Thursday, April 11. Be sure to visit the gallery to see the show. Watch our story to see a clip from the performance and click the link in our bio to learn more about the exhibition.

Artwork:
An American Education, 2024
Wood, bronze, marble
Dimensions variable

Sojourner’s Route, 2024
Wood, plexiglass, steel
(Front and rear views)

04/05/2024

Join us on Thursday, April 18, from 6:00-8:00 pm, for the opening of Shake Loose My Skin, a solo presentation of new works by Na’ye Perez. The title of the show takes its name from a book of poems by Sonia Sanchez.

Perez’s eclectic mixed media compositions encapsulate the vibrancy, shared joys, histories and traumas of inner city youth culture. Creating scenes that are a blend of reality and imagination, Perez uses a wide range of materials to archive the small, fleeting moments of everyday life in various places. Fond albeit fading memories from California, Ohio and New York are given new life through bold colors, lush textures and graphic patterns.

Artwork:
Long Nights, 6pc Hot EP, 2024
36 x 24 in

Click the link in our bio to read more.

03/14/2024

This sculpture titled To Dance for a Sock by Tyrone Mitchell is currently on view in our current exhibition, Journey Into the Lost and Found. The piece addresses western consumerism and the tendency to buy into useless products and ideas. The dangling figure references the delicate balancing act that is part of the diasporic African experience, while also referencing the myth of the Flying African, which recounts how enslaved Africans dreamt of escaping by flying over the Atlantic Ocean.

Please click the link in our bio to view more works and to learn more about this exhibition. Journey Into the Lost and Found will remain on view through March 28.

03/07/2024

Today marks a week since the start of Frieze LA 2024. Thank you to , and everyone who came to visit us at our booth! We appreciate your continued support! Be sure to visit us in Brooklyn to see our current exhibition of new work by Tyrone Mitchell.

03/05/2024

Our current exhibition, Journey Into the Lost and Found, is on view through March 28. The exhibition is a solo presentation of new sculptures by Tyrone Mitchell. The works establish dialogues primarily focused on American history and the African American diasporic experience. This surrealist piece centers a child’s school chair along with a delicately balanced egg, symbolizing the promise of a well rounded education that was never delivered upon. To learn more about the works in Journey Into the Lost and Found, please click the link in our bio.

Artwork:
An American Education, 2024
Wood, bronze, marble
Dimensions variable

03/02/2024

We are pleased to share that Welancora Gallery received a feature in a write up on Artnet titled “What Should You Buy at Frieze Los Angeles? Here Are 6 Picks From Top Advisors.” We would like to extend a thank you to Bibi Zavieh (), Eileen Kinsella, and Artnet ().

If you would like to read the full article, please click the link in our bio.

03/02/2024

It is the third day at Frieze LA () and we are showing paintings by Debra Cartwright (). As the daughter of a gynecologist, her work explores the relationship between the Black female body and the American medical industry through methods of abstract figuration and historical reclamation.

Her work is reminiscent of the Hudson River School painters, who were coming into prominence around the same time as the medical experiments were taking place. However, Cartwright’s work also makes reference to 19th century African American landscape painters, such as Robert Scott Duncanson, Grafton Tyler Brown, and Edward Mitchell Bannister.

To see all the works on view in our booth (E6), click the link in our bio to see our online viewing room on Frieze’s website.

02/29/2024

As we embark on the first VIP day of Frieze LA, we’re sharing an oil painting by Debra Cartwright titled American Raft. Her work deals with the historical and complex relationship between the American medical system and its Black female patients. The works also refer to paintings created by Hudson River School artists, who were gaining prominence in the 1800s — the same time that the American medical system was developing significant, albeit dangerous, technological advances. Please visit us at booth E6 in the main section to see more works. You can also click the link in our bio to see our viewing room on Frieze’s website.

Artwork:
American Raft, 2023
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches

02/22/2024

This time next week, Frieze Los Angeles will open at the defunct Santa Monica airport, where we will present watercolors and oil paintings by Debra Cartwright. Frieze’s online viewing room has opened today and is available for the public to view through March 8; please click the link in our bio to view ours.

Debra is a painter and multimedia artist based in New York. Themes around her work include re-embodiment, myth creation, theft and intimacy. As the daughter of an African American gynecologist, Debra explores a critical understanding of the past while also proposing an examination of the present American healthcare system.

Artwork:
Self Possession (detail), 2024
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 in

02/14/2024

As we get ready to open Journey Into the Lost and Found, a solo exhibition of new work by Tyrone Mitchell, we’re looking back at this four person exhibition with Melvin Edwards, Jack Whitten, Tyrone Mitchell, and William T. Williams. This major exhibition of African American artists took place at the Museo de Artes Visuales ‘Alejandro Otero’ at La Rinconada Museum in 1991 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Tyrone’s sculpture, To Dance for a Sock, references western consumerism and appearances in juxtaposition to an African way of life. The dangling figure cast in bronze makes reference to the ‘Flying African’, who through the power of flight is able to escape chattel slavery and return home. This work will be on view at Welancora Gallery.

The exhibition opens tomorrow, February 15 from 6-8pm and will remain on view through March 28, 2024. Click the link in our bio to read this full article and to learn more about this exhibition.

Artwork:
To Dance for a Sock, 2024
Bronze, wood, steel, and wire
Dimensions variable

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Happy Birthday to Renluka Maharaj! Maharaj is an artist working with photography, installations, research and travel. Her work is often autobiographical and investigates themes of history, migration, memory, religion, and gender, and how they all intersect to inform identity. Maharaj’s layered compositions are inspired by her family lineage and consist of screen shots of Indo-Caribbean women from postcards sold throughout Europe to promote tourism in the 19th century. Smaller photos are reassembled in a larger format to create a new hand painted photograph, printed on canvas, bordered by textiles and embellished with beading. The result counters the culturally diluted poses and attire that these women had to wear to present a palatable idea of “Indian”. Join us today in wishing Renluka a happy birthday and celebrating her work! Image: Bird of Paradise, 2023 Acrylic paint, acrylic markers on pigmented ink print 34 x 46 inches 86.4 x 116.8 cms #renlukamaharaj #brooklyn #nyc #welancora #indocaribbean #gallery #exhibition #mixedmedia

In this video, Tyrone Mitchell discusses the ways in which sculptors approach their work. Speaking from his Beaux Arts traditional background, he explains how the concept of balance factors into the work and its importance. Mitchell’s work consists of assemblages that focus on the African American and Diasporic experiences. Speaking to Senegalese and Malian traditions, the work is composed of found objects. To learn more about Tyrone Mitchell and his work, visit our website via the link in our bio. Artwork: To Dance for a Sock, 2024 Bronze, wood, steel and wire Variable Tomorrow is the Question (for Ornette Coleman), 2024 Mixed Media Variable The Expulsion (After Masaccio), 2024 Mixed media Variable #Welancora #Gallery #TyroneMitchell #Assemblage #Exhibition #Artist #Diaspora #journeyintothelostandfound

In this short clip of the prologue to Metamorphoses (Μεταμορφώσεις), Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith’s first solo exhibition at Welancora, is being installed. Join us tomorrow, June 13, from 6pm -8pm for the opening reception! This exhibition will be on view until July 25, 2024. We look forward to seeing you! Image: Chrysalis (Prooemium) Gold leaf and egg tempera on paper 24x36 inches 2023 #welancora #exhibition #upcoming #brooklyn #gallery #DarrylSmith #deltakappabetasigma #dkbsart #greekmythology #selfportrait #eggtempera #goldleaf

In this performance piece, Na’ ye Perez puts his endurance to the test with a 45 minute routine based on African traditions made famous through popular culture and African American greek letter organizations. “Psalm Sing” is now on view in the gallery as part of the solo exhibition “Shake Loose My Skin” @naye_davinci1914 Video: Psalm Sing 2023 Image: chasing feeling, (No New Wave, Only the Sea) acrylic, spray paint, gel transfers, sand, food wrappers, gold leaf, molding paste, skateboard griptape, and lino block prints on Rice paper 70” x 80”, 2023 #nayeperez #welancora #videoart #mixedmedia #brooklyn #exhibition #onview #gallery #collage

Na’ye Perez’s work is currently on view at Welancora Gallery! “I start with a moment in time, the experience, the memory, the narrative first. Then, everything else that follows is ‘by any means necessary’ to create that moment.” In this short audio clip, Na’ye Perez sheds light on how he approaches his work. Built around depicting various communities where he’s lived, the work is a nod to popular culture and the shared joys and traumas that give life to the African-American experience. Old metro cards, discarded lottery tickets, album covers and the places he encounters on a daily basis take center stage in the work, foregrounding youth culture in cities across the country. Click the link in our bio to learn about Shake Loose My Skin or listen to the accompanying playlist. Artworks: chasing feeling/no new wave (Only The Sea), 2023 Acrylic, spray paint, sand (Coney Island, Los Angeles), magazines (Vibe, Source, XXL), rose gold leaf, skateboard grip tape, Lino block prints on rice paper, food wrappers, Ting labels, gel transfer on canvas 70 x 80 inches Water No Get Enemy, Tea Leaf Dancers, 2023 Acrylic, spray paint, sand (New Jersey), magazine paper, gel transfer, skateboard grip tape, MTA cards plastic packaging, Lino block prints on rice paper, molding paste on canvas 54 x 50 inches Audio Footage from Brooklyn Made | Na’ye Perez courtesy of BRIC TV. @naye_davinci1914 @bricbrooklyn #nayeperez #bric #welancora #mixedmedia #brooklyn #bricartsmedia #exhibition #onview

Welancora Gallery is delighted to present new work by Debra Cartwright @debracartwright (b. 1988 Annapolis, Maryland) in the main section at Frieze Los Angeles (Booth E6). The fair begins with VIP previews on February 29 and February 30 at the defunct Santa Monica Airport. The fair opens to the public on March 1 through March 3. Our presentation includes a suite of paintings and works on paper that explore the relationship between the Black female body and the American medical industry through methods of abstract figuration and historical reclamation. Please click the link in our bio for more information on our fair presentation. Artwork & Images: Schoolteacher’s Students, 2022 Pencil/watercolor collage on paper 16 x 20 inches Image of Debra Cartwright in her studio, 2023. Courtesy of Bode Projects Azalea, 2023 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches Suppressing Kinship, 2023 Watercolor collage on paper 9 x 12 inches Phantasmagoria, 2023 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches #debracartwright #oilpainting #watercolor #friezela #frieze #artfair #welancora #gallery #exhibition

Tyrone Mitchell:Journey Into the Lost and Found is on view until March 28. This participatory installation of acknowledgment and healing was lead by Mitchell at the opening of his solo exhibition. The attendees were asked to place, old shoes, tree branches and other items that one could imagine may have been salvaged, underneath his piece called Tulsa II for the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. #tyronemitchell #welancora #tulsamassacre1921

In this video taken at The Art Students League of New York, Carl E. Hazlewood takes part in an insightful panel discussion on abstraction with his contemporaries. This short clip features Carl talking about growing up in Guyana and how his creative inspiration developed. The other panelists featured in this discussion are James Little (@jameslittleart), Jill Nathanson (@jillnathanson), Harriet Korman (@harrietkorman), and John Mendelsohn (@johnmendelsohn123). The panel was moderated by Mario Naves (@mario_naves_art). Thank you to the Art Students League for hosting this talk! Click the link in our bio to watch it in full. @aslnyc @carle.hazlewood Artwork: BlackHead Anansi-Savannah, 2022 Acrylic polymer emulsion, powdered pigments, oil pastel, tape, gold cord, with collage on canvas 70 x 40 inches #abstractart #abstract #abstractionist #artstudentleague #carlehazlewood #welancora #gallery #largepainting #collage #paneldiscussion #panel #arttalk

#throwbackthursday: Repatina! In this short video clip, one of Helen Evans Ramsaran’s larger bronze sculptures is being taken for repatination at the Modern Art Foundry! @modernartfoundry Artwork: The Throne, 1993 Bronze 72 x 36 x 27 inches #helenevansramsaran #helenramsaran #repatina #bronzesculpture #largesculpture #patina #lostwax #modernartfoundry #sculpture #femaleartist

Last week, at Art Basel Miami Beach, we presented the final installment of Adrienne Elise Tarver’s Manifesting Paradise series. The series includes tapestry works; watch this short clip as Adrienne explains her work, “Chariot Tapestry.” Be sure to watch our story (or go a few posts back) to see Adrienne speak about the inspiration and meaning for “Devil Tapestry.” @adrienne__elise @artbasel Click the link in our bio to see the works that we presented at Art Basel Miami Beach. Artwork: Chariot Tapestry, 2023 Embroidery, woven textile, handsewn glass and metal beads 50 x 36 inches #adrienneelisetarver #artbaselmiamibeach #artbasel #tapestry #adrienneelisetarver #artfair #miami #tarot #welancora

🔊ARTIST TALK WITH CHRIS WATTS AND ODILI DONALD ODITA In this short clip, Chris Watts credits his inspiration for the new works in Ceremony to one of his previous series titled “Blahk on Blahk on Blak.” Click the link in our bio to hear more from both artists! @iamwatts @odiliodita Ceremony is on view at Welancora Gallery through December 20, 2023. #artisttalk #welancora #brooklyn #ceremony #chriswatts #installation #painting #spiritual #furniture #onview #gallery

Join us for the final day of Art Basel Miami in the Nova Section Booth N10. In the is short clip Adrienne walks us through the inspiration, meaning, and approach toward her tapestry work. @adrienne__elise #artbaselmiami #welancoragallery

Ceremony! Our current exhibition features new works by Chris Watts called ‘ambient paintings’ that are housed in articulated mahogany frames, paired with works from his series “The spirits that lend strength are invisible” that present themselves on the wall. By placing his abstractions within wood panels that reflect the colors and contours of mid-century design Watts situates the work within both visible and invisible narratives that integrate spatial, temporal, and spiritual experience. Ceremony is on view through December 20, 2023. Click the link in our bio to view more works from the exhibition. @iamwatts #exhibition #onview #welancora #gallery #ceremony #chriswatts #art #painting #abstractart

We’re a little less than a month away from our third presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach. This time, we are presenting works from Adrienne Elise Tarver’s Manifesting Paradise series. Stay tuned for more information! #welancora #gallery #installation #artfair #artbaselmiamibeach #artbasel #art

Existing at the intersection of sculpture and architecture, the spiritual and the metaphysical, Ceremony is an invitation to restructure perceptions of our immediate environment. Through an interplay of transparency and opacity - darkness and light - wooden structures that frame light, space and formless color, act as guides in the exploration of sacred meditative spaces and encounters with the immaterial. The sculptural forms echo both light-soaked stained glass windows and traditional Asian and European standing screens, historical intermediaries of the unknown in public and private space. A native to High Point, NC, home to the world’s largest furniture market, Chris Watts uses elements of post World War II mid-century modern aesthetics alongside designs that date back to the Ming Dynasty as points of departure. @iamwatts #exhibition #ceremony #welancora #gallery #onview

🗣️ARTIST TALK! @cylewarner In this clip from our Artist Talk between exhibiting artist Cyle Warner and Welancora owner Ivy Jones, Cyle speaks about his decision making process as he created the works for his solo show, Weh Dem? De Sparrow Catcher? Playing on his curiosity about his family’s life in the Caribbean, the show consists of a reimagined archive of photographs and textiles. To learn more, visit gallery before the show closes on October 10! #cylewarner #welancora #gallery #caribbean #trinidad #wehdem #onview #exhibition #photograph #archivalphoto

🎉 OPENING SOON IN LONDON Works by Carl E. Hazlewood (@carle.hazlewood) will be part of an upcoming group exhibition at PM AM Gallery in London (@pm______am) titled “Between the Seams.” Works from Hazlewood’s “BlackHead Anansi” series will be on view. As the artist describes in the video, “Anansi” is a survivor. This exhibition opens to the public on September 22. #carlehazlewood #London #abstractart #abstractpainter #anansi #gallery #welancora #openingsoon #newexhibition #onview #pmamgallery

For our previous exhibition, In my Home Clothes - New and Recent Work by Renluka Maharaj, we held an Artist Talk between Renluka Maharaj (@renlukamaharaj) and Carmen Hermo (@chermosa), the Associate Curator for the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art! In this clip, Renluka speaks about the importance of representation and how her work is positively affecting other Indo-Caribbean and South Asian youth. Click the link in our bio to read more about this exhibition. Cover Artwork: “Resistance” 2023 #renlukamaharaj #carmenhermo #indocaribbean #welancora #gallery #exhibition #mixedmedia #throwbackthursday

✨ONLINE VIEWING ROOM Click the link in our bio to see our viewing room! It features works from the artists mentioned in this video: Chris Watts (@iamwatts), Aisha T. Bell (@superblakwoman2), Oasa DuVerney (@oasaduverney), Carl E. Hazlewood (@carle.hazlewood), Anders Jones (@andersphotographynyc), Helen Evans Ramsaran (@helenramsaran), Chris Cook (@visually_conscious), and Tamia Alston-Ward (@tamia_aw_art ). The works shown in this reel can also be viewed in further detail in the viewing room! Click the link in our bio! #welancora #gallery #chriswatts #aishatbell #oasaduverney #carlehazlewood #andersjones #helenevansramsaran #chriscook #tamiaalstonward

🔜UPCOMING TALK AT WELANCORA On Wednesday, September 6 at Welancora Gallery, Cyle Warner (@cylewarner) will be in conversation with Ivy N. Jones. This artist talk is in support of Cyle’s solo exhibition, Weh Dem? De Sparrow Catcher?, which is currently on view at Welancora Gallery. The talk will take place from 6-8pm. Be sure to RSVP by clicking the link in our bio! #cylewarner #wehdem #caribbean #textile #photography #archivalphoto #welancora #gallery #artisttalk #exhibition