Name: Temporal Geolocation Opening Reception
Start: 2024-10-12T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-12T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Kolaj Institute

Temporal Geolocation Opening Reception

Kolaj Institute supports artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement

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Each of the four artists in "Temporal Geolocation" draw on history and a sense of place to make collage art that speaks to identity.

North American modern life is fundamentally diasporic in nature. So many of us are from somewhere else and yet, where we are and when we are shapes who we are at any given point in time. How do we reconcile disparate identities and nurture a whole sense of self? Each of the four artists in "Temporal Geolocation: How Place &amp; Identity Inform Collage", Paula Mans, T. Owens Union, Candace Caston, &amp; Jeanna Penn, draw on history and a sense of place to make collage art that speaks to identity. The exhibition was curated by Ric Kasini Kadour.The artwork of T. Owens Union from Fairfield, Pennsylvania draws on the experience of her paternal grandmother who made patchwork quilts in Alabama and "reflects the African American cultural experience throughout history." Based in Washington, DC, Paula Mans creates "figurative collages that engage in visual discourse surrounding the (in)visibility and agency of people of African descent. The works subvert notions of power through the Gaze. Rather than being images to be viewed and consumed, the figures that the artist constructs look defiantly out onto the world --engaging, confronting, and challenging the viewer." Oakland, California artist Jeanna Penn uses images from archives and found historical images to tell stories of Blackness in the diaspora.Candace Caston is a collagist from New Orleans, Louisiana who was displaced to Decatur, Georgia as a young girl after Hurricane Katrina. In April 2024, while an artist-in-residence at Kolaj Institute, she made a visual archive of the city that she used to make collage that explores memory and place. An Opening Reception takes place on Saturday, 12 October 2024, 6-9PM, part of October's Bywater Second Saturday Gallery Walk.ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE GALLERYThe mission of <a href="http://www.kolajinstitute.org/" title="http://www.kolajinstitute.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kolaj Institute</a> is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world. Kolaj Institute’s Gallery in New Orleans presents exhibitions and connects Kolaj Institute and the artists we work with to the vibrant St. Claude Arts District. We produce 8-10 exhibitions a year and participate in Second Saturday, the neighborhood’s monthly art walk, putting the collage art, books and exhibitions in front of New Orleanians and visitors.

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