June 29 - July 31, 2022

Opening Reception: Friday, July 1, 6-8 pm

“THE LONG VIEW” —
WHAT DO YOU SEE (DO YOU SEE ME!)

Curated by Napoleon Jones-Henderson

Featuring artwork by:
Ekua Holmes
Napoleon Jones-Henderson
Bryan McFarlane
Chandra Dieppa Méndez-Ortiz
Hakim Raquib

Curator’s Statement
Napoleon Jones-Henderson

A popular culture, concept of LONG VIEW responds to hope or wish. Mostly centered toward the self.

I, on the other hand, regard a LONG VIEW as a space where one reflects but imagines forward. Imagining forward is a scared journey not a stopover, of visioning.

How does one interpret visioning (?); as a noun? - or is it a verb? I suggest it is a verb, an action, a way of living. The image makers’ artistic practice exists as an action. An ever-blossoming action of imagination that inhabits the spirit, and the soul of the object of its depiction, Humanity; yet, as it may seem a singular/individual endeavor, it is wholly a collective undertaking/journey.

A Collective in the sense
that one lives in community
while imagining oneself an individual,
while all along
you are just a ripple
of,

a LONG VIEW