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Ramekon O’Arwisters: SCHISM
Exhibition Dates: 13 September – 18 October
Following the successful 2024-2025 solo exhibition of HOUSE OF at Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles we’re excited and honored to present Ramekon O’Arwisters in his first one-person exhibition at PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY in DTLA!!
SCHISM, by definition, is a fracture, division, or disharmony in beliefs or rules by which we live and understand relationships, politics, religion, community. The choice of SCHISM as a title is not so much a reflection of discord within O’Arwisters but an acknowledgement of chaotic shifts and swings in safety and predictability. Targeting, overreach, and coded responses are not new to Black Americans; finding ways to navigate between the hazards is the theme of the upcoming exhibition, a watery ground of coded abstraction. On view in the exhibition will be the artists’ iconic sculpture, Black on Black; tapestries from the Bound in Black series; a series of B&W self-portraits; and new textile sculptures! The exhibition promises to be breathtaking and groundbreaking!!