atlantic
Applications with charcoal, wax, chalk and resin on paper. Laminated elements are applied directly to the wall and can be reinstalled. (Recent color applications are made with Yupo synthetic papers and Flashe vinyl paint),
The direction title is to honor the expansion of the ‘Black Atlantic’: Paul Gilroy’s revelations of cultural tradition and invention, fraught from the transatlantic slave trade, towards a humanity of complexity beyond race, class, or caste …..to honor the passionate research and participation of Robert Ferris Thompson in revealing the profoundly different creativity of African culture in its balance across extreme opposition (cool) …. to honor Piet Mondrian’s last few years at ‘Cafe Society’ in NYC inspiring his step away from the limited abstraction he brought from Europe across the Atlantic into an expanding dimension of African American cross rhythm … to honor the life of Abraham Adzinyah and his decades of student proteges spreading connections with Ghanian music, dance, and humanity….. to enhance our plunge together into a survivable world.