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Building Bridges II The Politics of Love – Identity – Race

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Building Bridges II: The Politics of Love, Identity and Race

13th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
April 12 – May 12, 2019

Galeria Carmen Montilla – photo by Chris Bedolla

Location
Galeria Carmen Montilla
Norma Jimenez Iradiz, Directora
Calle de los Oficios No. 162, Old Havana
Opening Reception: April 13, 2019, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Curators Myrtis Bedolla and Ana Joa reunite for the second iteration of Building Bridges II: The Politics of Love, Identity, and Race. In bridging peoples, politics, and cultures, the exhibition investigates the dogma of love, gender politics, and prevailing assumptions about identity and race. We thank Eusebio Leal Spengler, Old Havana Restoration Project for his support.

Los curadores Myrtis Bedolla y Ana Joa se reúnen para la segunda versión de Haciendo Puentes II: La Política del Amor, la Identidad y la Raza. Al unir a los pueblos, la política y las culturas, la exposición investiga el dogma del amor, la política de género y los supuestos prevalentes sobre la identidad y la raza. Agradecemos a Eusebio Leal Spengler, Havana Vieja Restauracion Proyecto por su apoyo.

American Artists: Tawny Chatmon, Wesley Clark, Larry Cook, Alfred Conteh, Anna U. Davis, Morel Doucet, Vance Gragg, Susan Goldman, Michael Gross, Ronald Jackson, M. Scott Johnson, and Delita Martin.

Cuban Artists: Julia Valdés Borrero, Luis Jorge Joa, Daylene Rodriquez Moreno, Caridad Ramos Mosquera, Zaida del Rio, Eduardo Roca Salazar (Choco), Alicia Leal Veloz, and Jorge Jacas Vivanco.

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Artist’s Talk: Damsels in Distress – Black Edge Wall Sculptures by Anna U. Davis

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Anna U. Davis, On Top, 2018

Topic: The complexities of gender inequality, sexual harassment, female empowerment, and feminism as a tool for social change are themes Anna U. Davis addresses in her current exhibition Damsels in Distress. Join us for a conversation with the artist as she delves into these topics, shares her personal experiences, and expands upon the drive to create this body of work.

The discussion with Anna U. Davis will be moderated by Myrtis Bedolla, Founder & Director of Galerie Myrtis. And include guest panelists Saida Agostini, poet, advocate and movement builder, and Chief Operating Officer for FORCE; and Khadija Nia Adell, multimedia artist, curator, arts administrator, and Assistant to the Director, Galerie Myrtis.

Spectrum Art Fair 2016

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In association with Miami Art Week and Art Basel, Galerie Myrtis participated in the Spectrum Miami Art Show. Spectrum Miami is a juried, contemporary art show taking place in Miami’s Arts and Entertainment District.
Featured artists: Anna U. Davis, Morel Doucet, Michael Gross, Ronald Jackson, Delita Martin and Jamea Richmond-Edwards.

Galerie Myrtis at Spectrum Miami – Booth S900

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Spectrum Art Fair 2016

Consumption: Food as Paradox – Cake Design

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Consumption: Food as Paradox – Cake Design

about the exhibition

January 30, 2016: Executive Pastry Chef, Audra Weisel will creates a custom designed cake with the assistance of Consumption artists who will bring their food-related art to life. Participating artists: Matthew Adelberg, Anna U Davis, Dave Eassa, Christi Harris, Sue Johnson and Stephen Towns.

Consumption: Food as Paradox (Galerie Myrtis)

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Opening: January 30, 2016, 2 – 4pm
Artists’ Talk: February 21, 2016, 2 – 4 pm
Panel Discussion: March 20, 2016, 2 – 4 pm

Artists:
Matthew Adelberg
S. Ross Brown
Anna U Davis
Dave Eassa
Christi Harris
Roberto Guerra
Sue Johnson
Jeffrey Kent
Delita Martin
Chistina St. Clair
Arvie Smith
Eric Telfort
Stephen Towns

Consumption: Food as Paradox

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Shark-cuteri (partial), 2015, acrylic, ink and paper collage on canvas, 72 x 96 in by Anna U Davis

Consumption: Food as Paradox

January 30 – April 3, 2016

Consumption: Food as Paradox examines how food is inextricably linked to the social, political and economic aspects of life—class, culture, race, religion, gender and health. A baker’s dozen of contemporary artists, working in paint, collage, porcelain and printmaking, explore food and its connection to the world around them.

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About the Exhibition

Food is enjoyable and accompanies a lifetime of celebrations. Sharing the tastes of our individual homes and homelands can be a way to cross divides between classifications of people—relating to others over a foodway can lead to greater cultural understanding and empathy. But that can also be displaced by tremendous anxiety. Passing down traditional recipes can morph from intergenerational connections to memories of slaves who worked in the kitchen and the continuation of the domestic sphere forced on women. Images of watermelon and berries evoke racial tropes. Adorable animals in TV dinners remind usof the flesh that we consume, but obscure with words like ‘meat,’ ‘beef’ and ‘pork.’ And piles of this meatreveal gluttonous men who treat women with a similar desire for consumption.

Food can be made holy, blasphemous or banal based on the religion, class and race that it is tied to. How can we know what arbiters of taste and health we can trust? Foods are alternately villainized and sainted—their status constantly in flux, depending upon a variety of mysterious government agencies and corporations. We are a nation obsessed with dieting but plagued by illnesses resulting from the ways food affects our bodies. The artists of Consumption investigate these concerns, propose questions to ask, actions to take and, occasionally, offer a view of a future that is healthier in body and cross-cultural relations.

Aden Weisel

Artists

Matthew Adelberg
S. Ross Browne
Anna U Davis
Dave Eassa
Roberto Guerra
Christi Harris
Sue Johnson
Jeffrey Kent
Delita Martin
Arvie Smith
Christina St. Clair
Eric Telfort
Stephen Towns