September 3 - October 2, 2021
Hyper-Tension Matthew Owen Wead
Nigrescence Comics Kenish Magwood
Buckham Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent solo exhibitions: Matthew Owen Wead’s Hyper-Tension and Kenish Magwood’s Nigrescence Comics.
Hyper-Tension
Using adversity as a center point, Matthew Owen Wead’s work explores subject matter involving identity, personal narratives, critical history, memory, language and tradition.
This body of work is centered on the emotional / physical toll that 2020 took on BIPOC, particularly black people, highlighting key points such as the shooting deaths, Juneteenth, churches burning, the riots, and taking down of monuments.
With a background in printmaking, Wead’s practice draws on the history of the art form and its techniques to create works that investigate the idea of resilience in form, subject matter, materiality.
Nigrescence Comics
A lover of comics, Kenish Magwood juxtaposes cartooning with deep-rooted and controversial topics in her exhibition, Nigrescence Comics. This body of work is a homage to psychologist, Dr. William E. Cross Jr. and his study on the 5 stages of Black Identity Theory. The Nigrescence Comics Series depicts work that falls under each of the 5 stages of Cross’s Black Identity Theory coined by the French term, Nigrescence: Stage 1-Pre-encounter, Stage 2-Encounter, Stage 3- Immersion/Emersion, Stage 4- Internalization, Stage 5- Internalization-Commitment. Magwood’s large-scale paintings unabashedly illustrate challenging subject matter.
Hyper-Tension Matthew Owen Wead
Nigrescence Comics Kenish Magwood
Buckham Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent solo exhibitions: Matthew Owen Wead’s Hyper-Tension and Kenish Magwood’s Nigrescence Comics.
Hyper-Tension
Using adversity as a center point, Matthew Owen Wead’s work explores subject matter involving identity, personal narratives, critical history, memory, language and tradition.
This body of work is centered on the emotional / physical toll that 2020 took on BIPOC, particularly black people, highlighting key points such as the shooting deaths, Juneteenth, churches burning, the riots, and taking down of monuments.
With a background in printmaking, Wead’s practice draws on the history of the art form and its techniques to create works that investigate the idea of resilience in form, subject matter, materiality.
Nigrescence Comics
A lover of comics, Kenish Magwood juxtaposes cartooning with deep-rooted and controversial topics in her exhibition, Nigrescence Comics. This body of work is a homage to psychologist, Dr. William E. Cross Jr. and his study on the 5 stages of Black Identity Theory. The Nigrescence Comics Series depicts work that falls under each of the 5 stages of Cross’s Black Identity Theory coined by the French term, Nigrescence: Stage 1-Pre-encounter, Stage 2-Encounter, Stage 3- Immersion/Emersion, Stage 4- Internalization, Stage 5- Internalization-Commitment. Magwood’s large-scale paintings unabashedly illustrate challenging subject matter.
