MARCH 29 – APRIL 5, 2024
DIASPORA
Featuring — Brandon Bravo, Jen Deluna, Angel Duran, Ella Hepner, Yigsy Magaly, Patricia Rueda, Taj Poscé, Audrey Rodriguez and Bleriot Thompson
BOKEH is pleased to present our 5th exhibition, Diaspora, a timely showcase of painting, illustration and sculpture by a group of 9 emerging contemporary artists based throughout the tri-state area. Bringing together a collection of never-before-seen works, the exhibition includes new commissions and site-specific installations that respond to the architecture of the gallery space.
Done in collaboration with the Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts, as well as the City of Perth Amboy.
WORKS EXHIBITED
Taj Poscé, Indigenous Drum, 2023
Acrylic, Fibered Aluminum, Burned Tar Paper on Wood Panel, 48 x 60 inches (122 x 152 cm)
Taj Poscé, Creation of Man, 2024
Acrylic, Caulk, Fibered Aluminum and Burned 90 lb Watercolor Paper on Canvas, 48 x 60 inches (122 x 152 cm)
Brandon Bravo, La Rogativa, 2024
Oil on Wood Panel, 30 x 40 inches (89 x 102 cm)
Brandon Bravo, Lost in Translation, 2024
Oil on Wood Panel, 18 x 18 inches (46 x 46 cm)
Yigsy Magaly, 25, 2024
Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 inches (92 x 92 cm)
Audrey Rodriguez, Cleotilde, 2024
Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas, 40 x 40 inches (102 x 102 cm)
Ella Hepner, Domino Lesson, 2024
Oil, Acrylic and Pastel on Paper, 23 x 30 inches (58 x 76 cm)
Audrey Rodriguez, Chalupas Poblanas El Tlecuile, 2024
Oil on Canvas, 36 x 48 inches (92 x 122 cm)
Ella Hepner, Traveling Barber, 2023
Oil, Acrylic and Pastel on Archival Paper, 38 x 50 inches (97 x 127 cm)
Patricia Rueda, Acto de Amor, 2022
Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches (102 x 152 cm)
Ella Hepner, Quarantine Salon, 2022
Oil, Acrylic and Pastel on Archival Panel, 48 x 60 inches (122 x 152 cm)
Angel Duran, Last Voyage of the Brazil Maru, 2024
Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm)
Taj Poscé, Ancestral Calling, Touring Black, 2022
Acrylic, Burned Archival Documents, Printer Paper Collage on Unstretched Canvas, adhered to Wood Panel, 48 x 54 inches (122 x 137 cm)
Bleriot Thompson, Public Enemy 0067 / Mary McLeod Bethune, 2023
Mixed Media on Canvas, 48 x 60 inches (122 x 152 cm)
Jen DeLuna, Pink Bust, 2022
Ceramic Sculpture, 15 x 18 x 10 inches (38 x 46 x 25 cm)
Bleriot Thompson, Liberated by one truth… that all blood is red / Red Summer Chicago, Illinois., 2023
Mixed Media on Paper, 107 x 93 inches (272 x 234 cm)