Opening Reception, Friday, 11 April, 2012 6-9 pm – Greet the artist!
Closing Reception, Saturday 12 May, 2012 6-9 pm – Artist in attendance!
April, 2012 – Onajide Shabaka continues to develop the project, “Mangrove Mud Womp,” a solo exhibition of multimedia art, featuring prints, drawings, videos, and sculpture. Conceptually derived from exploring materials archived from his elderly relatives who had relocated to Florida in the 1920s from South Carolina, Shabaka opens a world within a world.
“‘Mangrove Mud Womp’ take us on a mysterious, and miraculous trip through a Florida unseen and only known by a rare few. Onajide Shabaka serves as the visual guide and narrator through this world of the strange and the unique, half real world as we travel into the deep, deep mud of the ancient estuary, the guardian mythic spirit of the mangroves.”
Shabaka’s art practice is varied and multi-media, using drawing, photography, video, and performative actions with a grounding in ethnobotany, anthropology, geology and, African Atlantic cultural aesthetics. It is an art practice focused on facilitating thought, introspection and discussion.