{"id":7179,"date":"2018-06-21T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2018-06-21T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T19:16:28","slug":"to-see-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/to-see-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"To See Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n

To See Beyond: Firelei Baez
\nat Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
\n18 May-19 August 2018<\/h2>\n

“There’s a fluidity of colour, of race, in the Caribbean…In America, you’re black.\u201d Caribbean-born, Brooklyn-based artist Firelei B\u00e1ez navigates a broad spectrum of colour, race and identity in her first Ohio exhibition. Born in the Dominican Republic to Dominican and Haitian parents, she immigrated to the United States in 1990 and was increasingly troubled by the restraints of her ethnicity wedged within confining American designations. To re-animate the beautiful complexity of being Afro-Latina and invite a greater congregation of cultural traditions, B\u00e1ez creates intricate paintings, murals, sculpture and works on paper that brim with vibrant patterns and political agency.<\/p>\n

Aiming to re-open perceptions with enchanted worlds of colorful avatars, she explains, \u201cI try to disrupt the current system of social categorization through the creation of characters that refuse definition. As more people become multiracial, skin tone is no longer a sufficient signifier.\u201d With a self-proclaimed interest in the craft and form traditionally thought of as \u201cwomen\u2019s work\u201d (i.e., textiles, jewelry, ceramics), she channels the history of ornamentation and fashion as acts of resistance among women of the African Diaspora. In concert with added dimensions of anthropology, folklore, science fiction and mythology, B\u00e1ez\u2019s art offers a fantastical vision within increasingly diverse societies. This exhibition will marry important past works with a number of recent works and a kaleidoscopic new wall painting.<\/p>\n

At Kolaj Fest New Orleans, Mariah Morales will present a talk on Firelei B\u00e1ez, “Road Map of Symbols”. Learn more HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

(adapted from the gallery’s press materials)<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

Contemporary Arts Center<\/strong>
\n44 East 6th Street
\nCincinnati, Ohio 45202 USA
\n(513) 345-8400<\/p>\n

Hours:<\/strong>
\nWednesday-Friday, 10AM-9PM
\nSaturday-Monday, 10AM-4PM<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0| FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nCollector of Shouts (April 21)<\/em>
\nby Firelei B\u00e1ez
\n79″x60″
\nacrylic on Yupo paper
\n2016
\nCourtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, and Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW To See Beyond: Firelei Baez at Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 18 May-19 August 2018 “There’s a fluidity of colour, of race, in the Caribbean…In America, you’re black.\u201d Caribbean-born, Brooklyn-based artist Firelei B\u00e1ez navigates a…<\/p>\n

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