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Spacetaker Artist SPEAKeasy: January 2010

Presented by Spacetaker at Winter Street Studios

January 20, 2010

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Every third Wednesday of the month at the Artist SPEAKeasy, Spacetaker hosts two to three artists from varying disciplines (visual, performing, literary, etc.) to present, in an informal atmosphere, creative dialogs/talks/presentations about their work followed by a question and answer session where the audience can glean further insight into the artist, the artist's aesthetic and creative process. The evening is designed not only to bring together artists and those who appreciate the arts, but also to introduce local artists to each other to encourage conversation and cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and their chosen media.

Drinks and nosh are served at 6:30; formal talks are underway at 7:00. Guests are invited to come and go as necessary.

This Month:

This month's Spacetaker Arist SPEAKeasy features artists Robert Hodge, Lovie Olivia and Michael Kahlil Taylor of the exhibition DARe to go FURther, opening late January at Lawndale.

About the exhibition:
Taking into consideration the staggering range of diversity that the African Diaspora has to offer, DARe to go FURther aims to investigate and reveal many enigmatic layers. UUPA Crust fastidiously addresses the presence of stereotypes, myths and cultural similarities of both African-Americans and native Africans. Robert Hodge, Lovie Olivia and Michael Kahlil Taylor of the UUPA Crust Collective, are exploring and navigating beyond the surface of many beliefs associated with certain communities. In forms of visual narratives, paintings, and mixed media on paper, UUPA Crust analyzes the adaptation and mutability of culture.

The artists of UUPA Crust share a common fascination for cross-continental interactions, and the parallelisms despite lost and altered history of individuals particularly whose roots are African. “Cleverly hidden in the show title is the region of DARFUR which caught the attention of all of us. We felt that the mass media’s handling of the information was discerning. This motivated us to pry further into how blacks are globally received. From our neighborhoods and beyond we celebrate our culture and heritage by daring to go beyond the newspapers and T.V. screens.” This is expressed visually and metaphorically. In this past year, the members have traveled to the African continent, the Caribbean and the common melting pot of New Orleans Louisiana to gather detail. In the tradition of anthropologists UUPA Crust has spent time gathering and cataloging to bring us steps closer to these visual resolutions.