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ARTIST TALK: KENTURAH DAVIS

December 12, 2019
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

In Collaboration With

The Baltimore Museum of Art

Join Art + Practice for an artist talk with Los Angeles, New Haven and Accra (Ghana) based artist Kenturah Davis. Through a multidisciplinary practice that includes drawings, textiles, sculpture and performances, Davis’ work uses text as a point of departure, exploring the fundamental role that language has in shaping human understanding. At A+P, Davis will discuss how her recent work has been influenced by thinking about ways of “seeing in the dark.” manifesting in text based drawings that are intentionally blurry and objects whose qualities are veiled in mystery to highlight an awareness of things at the edge of our perception.

This program is organized on the occasion of A+P’s exhibitions Stephen Towns: Rumination and a Reckoning and Ramsess: The Gathering.

Installation view of Blur in the Interest of Precision by Kenturah Davis at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles. 26 January - 2 March 2019. Courtesy of the Artist and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles.
Installation view of Blur in the Interest of Precision by Kenturah Davis at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles. 26 January - 2 March 2019. Courtesy of the Artist and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles.
Installation view of Blur in the Interest of Precision by Kenturah Davis at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles. 26 January - 2 March 2019. Courtesy of the Artist and Matthew Brown, Los Angeles.

Speakers

Kenturah Davis is an artist working between Los Angeles, New Haven and Accra (Ghana). Her work oscillates between various facets of portraiture and design. Using text as a point of departure, she explores the fundamental role that language has in shaping how we understand ourselves and the world around us. This manifests in a variety of forms including drawings, textiles, sculpture and performances. Davis was commissioned by LA Metro to create large-scale, site-specific work that will be permanently installed on the new Crenshaw/LAX rail line, opening in 2020. Her work has been included in institutional exhibitions in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Davis earned her BA from Occidental College and MFA from Yale University School of Art. Davis is an inaugural artist fellow at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT.

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