LUX Center for the Arts presents two new exhibitions, “Duplicity” by Sunny Gibbons and “Omission in Print” by LUX artist-in-residence Joy Ude. Due to the holiday, the LUX will be closed on Friday, July 4 and as a result, both exhibitions will have opening receptions on Friday, July 11 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Gibbons’ work “Duplicity” will be featured in the West Gallery. Departing from her previous work, Gibbons creates abstractions from nature, flipping her subjects 45 degrees. Traditional landscapes (rocks reflecting in a lake) are transformed into virtual Rorschach blots. “Duplicity” will be on view through August 30.
The Folsom Gallery will feature “Omission in Print,” the work of LUX Artist-in-Residence Joy Ude. Ude, an American-born child of Nigerian immigrants, continually works to shape her identity as an African American woman. “Omission in Print” will focus on images of family members here and abroad in Nigeria. Photo transfer images of these relatives—partially obscured by African wax cloth, burlap, and embroidery—will be combined to create fragmented visual narratives. The work will address the concept of culture loss and the uncertainty of a family history partially lost-in-translation over the decades. “Omission in Print” will be on view through July 26.
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