Traywick Contemporary is please to present two solo exhibitions by Chicago-based artist, Diana Guerrero-Maciá and Bay-area sculptor, Ebitenyefa Baralaye.
Guerrero-Maciá’s art practice explores the complexities of meaning inherent in her materials. She incorporates a distinctly rebellious visual vocabulary, while also drawing from the rich narrative traditions of textile-based art, such as quilts and tapestries. In her new body of work, a loose, painterly approach directly questions the boundaries typically assigned by these mediums. Guerrero-Maciá describes this as a “hybrid form of painting,” aligning it with Modernist ideas of collage.
Baralaye’s sculptures are formal in approach and rooted in his personal narrative of migration from Nigeria through the Caribbean to the United States, where he has spent much of his life. His work addresses the idea of displacement through a distinct visual language equally emphasizing form, pattern and symbolism. By abstracting religious iconography, incorporating multiple cultural traditions and transforming ideas of self, Baralaye mines his first-hand experience to create a collective discourse about identity and place.
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