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Bradley Ertaskiran is pleased to present Last Call<\/em>, an exhibition curated by Danny B\u00e1ez, which brings together the work of twelve artists: Obi Emmanuel Agwam, Dante Cannatella, Kim Dacres, Larissa De Jes\u00fas Negr\u00f3n, Azza El Siddique, Melissa Joseph, Joiri Minaya, Preston Pavlis, Bony Ramirez, Ana Villag\u00f3mez, Cyle Warner, and Areum Yang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout his artistic projects, New York-based curator Danny B\u00e1ez has spent years cultivating a community of emerging artists. In many ways, Last Call<\/em> reflects B\u00e1ez\u2019s unique mandate as a facilitator rather than influencer or gate-keeper of art: that art networks should be rooted in community rather than prestige, and exhibitions built on integrity and mutual support. This focus on collaboration is a radical one because it highlights what the traditionally exclusionary art world often forgets: that the art world is nothing without its artists and that the unseen networks of support between artists, art workers, and their work should be nurtured and celebrated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For this exhibition, twelve artists answered B\u00e1ez\u2019s metaphorical call, offering artworks that are deeply textured, storied, and critical of tradition. In some works, portraiture is revisited through the lens of personal identity. Bony Ramirez\u2019s highly-stylized paintings are treasure troves of personal, religious, and everyday symbols from his Dominican upbringing. Obi Emmanuel Agwam\u2019s portrait is a whirl of dynamic imagery, offering humour, joy, and pride. So too, Preston Pavlis depicts vulnerable and emotional figures through gestural and moody paint strokes. Joiri Minaya\u2019s photographic collages both conceal and merge figures with their decorative, camouflaged backdrops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other paintings, reactive abstract scenes offer glimpses into the artists\u2019 inner and outer worlds. Dante Cannatella\u2019s painting is a landscape in flux, as blurry figures seem pulled by the whims of a powerful force. Raw, painterly gestures comprise Areyum Yang\u2019s lively scenes, full of colour, repetitive marks, and emotion. Ana Villag\u00f3mez\u2019s paintings reveal her process; many layers of paint fragments are scrubbed and erased into a coexisting whole. Surreal and expressive, Larissa De Jes\u00fas Negr\u00f3n\u2019s paintings show hazy scenes of distorted figures, skewed interiors, and objects, a dreamlike state that is both alluring and anxious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the exhibition\u2019s sculptural works, history\u2019s plasticity is reimagined through novel materials. Kim Dacres meticulously constructs commanding and regal portrait busts out of found rubber and tire. Cyle Warner\u2019s large-scale textiles are assemblages from his family archive; found fabric, paint, and paper woven into vibrant, layered flags of sorts. Azza El Sidique experiments with metal and rust, reimagining the capabilities of a material typically assigned to noble bronze monuments or iron edifices. Melissa Joseph\u2019s detailed felted sculptures show nostalgic and everyday scenes of togetherness, materializing people and place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLast Call!\u201d\u2014the final announcement made at the end of an evening before the bar closes. B\u00e1ez invites us to see this moment not as an end, but as a reminder to look around, and see who stuck beside us in the final hours. Last Call <\/em>offers a glimpse into B\u00e1ez\u2019s art ecosystem, because in the art world as much as in our every day, community and connection matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 16.03 \u2013 16.04 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10646,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"artists":[],"year_":[119],"tags_a_venir":[],"class_list":["post-6738","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-group-exhibition","year_-119"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n