“Cursed”
acrylic, chalk, Prismacolor on wood, wooden crutch
46½ x 30 in.
© 2001

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http://www.meetup.com/South-Florida-Artist-Entrepreneurs/events/63282132/

When: Sunday, May 27, 2012 10:30 AM

Where: Anne Kolb Nature Center
751 Sheridan.
Hollywood, FL 33019
954-970-0150 (organizer phone)

The show opens at Sunday 20 May, 2012
Under the Bridge (non-profit space)
12425 NE 13th Avenue #4
North Miami, FL 33161
(305) 987-4437

 curator’s statement:

(prints available)

Joachim du Bellay mentioned the herb in his “A Vow To Heavenly Venus,” ca. 1500.

We that with like hearts love, we lovers twain,

New wedded in the village by thy fane,

Lady of all chaste love, to thee it is

We bring these amaranths, these white lilies,

A sign, and sacrifice; may Love, we pray,

Like amaranthine flowers, feel no decay;

Like these cool lilies may our loves remain,

Perfect and pure, and know not any stain;

And be our hearts, from this thy holy hour,

Bound each to each, like flower to wedded flower.

“Mythic Spirit”
cut paper, graphite
dimensions TBD

So, looks like the oxide coloured dirt is taking a back seat at the moment. It will be used, however.

“Mythic Spirit in Green”
cut paper, graphite
dimensions TBD

Working on figurative pieces, which will be part of my next body of work. I remain in the mangrove estuary and reveal some of the unseen spirits and animals that inhabit this rich environment.

Closing Reception, Saturday 12 May, 2012 6-9 pm – Artist in attendance!

April, 2012 – Onajide Shabaka continues to develop the project, “Mangrove Mud Womp,” a solo exhibition of multimedia art, featuring prints, drawings, videos, and sculpture. Conceptually derived from exploring materials archived from his elderly relatives who had relocated to Florida in the 1920s from South Carolina, Shabaka opens a world within a world.

“‘Mangrove Mud Womp’ take us on a mysterious, and miraculous trip through a Florida unseen and only known by a rare few. Onajide Shabaka serves as the visual guide and narrator through this world of the strange and the unique, half real world as we travel into the deep, deep mud of the ancient estuary, the guardian mythic spirit of the mangroves.”

Shabaka’s art practice is varied and multi-media, using drawing, photography, video, and performative actions with a grounding in ethnobotany, anthropology, geology and, African Atlantic cultural aesthetics. It is an art practice focused on facilitating thought, introspection and discussion.

This soil is part of my creative art resources used in a number of different ways. After my next opening in April, 2012 in Galerie Schuster Miami, I’ll begin working on my next series of drawings with a more figurative flavor than I’ve used in a while. I love the colour of this stuff.

“Screen captured video still (Taken with instagram)”

(Via Art & Code.)

My solo exhibition at FAU ended with only seven of the videos I made being used. Several of them are available for viewing here or on my YouTube channel. Some of them have screen captured video stills rather than at the time the video was made, resulting in slightly lower image quality (for print) but are fine for viewing online. This is one example.