For Your Eyes Only Series
Lauryn Levette, Corrine Slade, Obi Agwam
April 9th - 14th 2021
Corrine Slade, Untitled, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 50 x 44 Inches, 2020
GROUP EXHIBIT
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
GROUP EXHIBITION (MAIN GALERY)
EXHIBITION DATES: 9 APRIL 2021 to 14 APRIL 2021
OPENING RECEPTION: FRI, APR 9TH FROM 2:00 - 7:00 PM
GALLERY HOURS: TH - TUES / 1PM - 6PM
NEW IMAGE ART, 7920 SANTA MONICA BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90046
New Image Art presents a new series, For Your Eyes Only, a private exhibition debuting a collection of paintings and drawings by artists; Corrine Slade, Lauryn Levette, and Obi Agwam. Plus select works from the NIA archive by Monica Kim Garza, Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers), Chaz Bear (Toro Y Moi), and more. This soft exhibition is intended to act as a preview to further programming by New Image Art. We invite you to experience these vivid new artists' work as well as our seasoned gallery figurative artists in the newly relit space.
Lauryn Levette creates surrealist, dream-like worlds that her subjects can peacefully exist in. She uses her practice to envision spaces where white supremacy and patriarchy are eradicated, allowing Black people to flourish and prosper. A rising senior at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, Lauryn wants institutions to broaden the canon of Black artists they deem significant and worthy of discussing critically. She’s passionate about displaying the varying dimensions of Blackness and reflects these nuances throughout her paintings.
Corrine Slade makes paintings that depict black women in imagined settings to create a sense of warmth. The figure acts as a stand-in for the viewer, immersing her audience in dream-like spaces that she herself finds comforting. The places she constructs for black women are environments for solace that often do not exist for them in this world. She is currently residing in Chicago. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May 2020.
Obi Emmanuel Agwam is a painter based in New York City. In his work, he predicts the future, reflects on the past and represents the present. He composes black figures as cartoons as a means of creating a more dreamlike and free setting. He uses the imagery of stars, smiles, and black figures to express his interpretations of stories from growing up in Jamaica, Queens. Agwam’s work is the amalgamation of the black experience in New York City.
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Lauryn Levette, Business As Usual, Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 31.5 Inches, 2020
Obi Agwam Cat Lady, 2020 Oil on canvas 16 x 12 Inches