“Mythic Spirit”
cut paper, graphite
dimensions TBD
So, looks like the oxide coloured dirt is taking a back seat at the moment. It will be used, however.
“Mythic Spirit in Green”
cut paper, graphite
dimensions TBD
Working on figurative pieces, which will be part of my next body of work. I remain in the mangrove estuary and reveal some of the unseen spirits and animals that inhabit this rich environment.
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.
This soil is part of my creative art resources used in a number of different ways. After my next opening in April, 2012 in Galerie Schuster Miami, I’ll begin working on my next series of drawings with a more figurative flavor than I’ve used in a while. I love the colour of this stuff.
Screen captured video still (Taken with instagram):
“Screen captured video still (Taken with instagram)”
(Via Art & Code.)
My solo exhibition at FAU ended with only seven of the videos I made being used. Several of them are available for viewing here or on my YouTube channel. Some of them have screen captured video stills rather than at the time the video was made, resulting in slightly lower image quality (for print) but are fine for viewing online. This is one example.
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