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Invoking Amethyst: Soothing, Protection, Willpower<\/em> by Rashad Ali Muhammad
48″x36″; mixed media collage (fine art digital print, silk flower petals, acrylic, glitter
glue, rhinestones) on canvas; 2024. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the Veil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at the Eaton Hotel DC in Washington, DC USA
18 September-12 December 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rashad Ali Muhammad explores the liminal spaces between the physical and spiritual worlds, tracing how ancestral knowledge endures and transforms across time and geography. He invites viewers to consider what it means to reconnect with \u201clost\u201d African spiritual practices that manifest in African American experiences and are reshaped by displacement, memory, and creativity. Muhammad\u2019s mixed media collages, sculptural masks, and immersive installation evoke the unseen energies that flow between realms. Inspired by travels to West Africa and a voodoo ceremony witnessed in the floating village of Ganvi\u00e9, Benin, the work interprets ritual as a portal for connection, healing, and empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Invoking Labradorite: Transformation, Confidence, Creativity<\/em> by Rashad Ali Muhammad
30″x24″; mixed media collage (fine art digital print, silk flower petals, acrylic, glitter
glue, reclaimed jewelry) on canvas; 2024. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like Hoodoo, which emerged from blending West and Central African spiritual systems with Indigenous American knowledge and European folk magic, Muhammad\u2019s practice reimagines ancestral technologies through a contemporary lens. Ultimately, “Through the Veil: Currents of the Unseen” becomes both altar and portal, a space for ancestral reverence and imaginative spiritual reactivation. A new lineage has begun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(text adapted from material provided by the artist)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eaton Hotel DC<\/strong>
1201 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005 USA
(202) 289-7600<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours:
The exhibition is available at all times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW Through the Veil at the Eaton Hotel DC in Washington, DC USA18 September-12 December 2025 Rashad Ali Muhammad explores the liminal spaces between the physical and spiritual worlds, tracing how ancestral knowledge endures and transforms across time…<\/p>\n

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