Radcliffe Bailey at Solomon Projects

I have had the awesome opportunity to intern at Solomon Projects Gallery. We're currently featuring an artist named Radcliffe Bailey in a show entitled, In Looking for Light, Traveling by Night. It should be up for about a week or two more depending... Radcliffe also may be talking about his work in which case I will let you all know! I encourage you all to come by! We're open Thursday- Saturday from 10-6. Here's some info and some images from the show! Enjoy.

xox

Heidi

Bailey returns to his roots as a sculptor, experimenting with materials and processes to investigate themes of transition and triumph with specific references to the Underground Railroad and the transatlantic slave trade. They create a visual and conceptual narrative linking the stories of Africans who jumped ship in order to escape captivity, with African Americans who fled northward at night toward freedom. Covering the floor of the main gallery, Windward Coast (2009) is composed of thousands of wooden piano keys, assembled by Bailey to form the jagged surface of a turbulent ocean. Floating among wave-like forms is a single sculptural element, a plaster bust coated in black glitter. The simplicity and elegance of the assemblage makes a powerful statement with multiple reads.