Unseen Things are Still There: Alexandra Antoine, JB Daniel, Kate Ingold, Esau McGhee, and Elsa Muñoz

Exhibition in the Freeark Gallery, February 27 - April 9, 2022

Whether masked by layers of material, possessing an embedded story, or encased in symbolism and metaphor, the artworks in Unseen Things Are Still There contain imagery and concepts that remain, despite concealment or supposed absence. Alexandra Antoine combines printmaking, collage and beadwork while incorporating stories of African Diaspora and tradition. JB Daniel’s installation in the sculpture garden continues his participatory “Help Each Other” project. The signs are taken to unknown destinations, where the art’s future is undetermined. Kate Ingold’s embroidery creates a web over a tattered discarded bed quilt while her felt-covered broken figurines of geese continue this quest for tenderness and repair. Esau McGhee’s non-rectilinear constructions are collaged abstractions of a distant future where Race is not real. Elsa Muñoz’s intense dark oil paintings depict a persistent inner light during the “dark night of the soul.” Essay by curator Joanne Aono.