Hello everyone,

On behalf of the entire team, I would like to warmly invite you to join us this evening live from NYC via Zoom (7p ET / 4p PT) for our weekly free and interactive tour.

#123 Considering Art: Considering Reflections - featuring urgent work by Merikokeb Berhanu.

Merikokeb Berhanu's (she/her) abstract paintings map out interior worlds that mirror the artist's reflections on the human condition. Interweaving modernist and traditional Ethiopian painting techniques, Berhanu's visual language draws inspiration from the power of the natural world and its ability to give birth to new life. Rendered in fluid forms and cellular patterns, her paintings contain a universe of symbols characterized by a distinctive use of line and color.

Informed by the cultural mores of her hometown of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as by personal narratives, her works reflect on the role of women in social and political life. Berhanu's process involves closing herself off from the urban environments she inhabits as a way of accessing unconscious thought processes. This imagined landscape takes shape in the organic structures and bodily forms through which the artist seeks to communicate beyond words. In her paintings, Berhanu translates emotions into powerful images of fertility, decay and renewal.

In this tour, we embark on some close looking.

Together we ask: What do you see?

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All the very best,

Matthew

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Up next.

MAR 22 | #124 Considering Art : Considering Introspection | Virginia Chihota

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About your facilitator:

mark (they/them) An Internationally award-winning Creative with 14+ years of experience in Novel & Change Project Leadership, Creative Digital Innovation & Storytelling. To date, their work informs cultural strategy at Arts Council UK, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC History, BBC Learning and BBC Radio), the Beaney Museum, Canterbury City Council, GOV.UK, Kent County Council, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tate Galleries, Artists Space, Bureau of General Services Queer Division, The LGBT Community Center NYC, MAPP International, The New School, The New York Public Library, Village Alliance Inc, Volta Art Fair, Legacy Trust UK, International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020/21 and Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. mark is a proud member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and an advocate for the transformative power of art and culture for all.

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Together - Let's take another look.

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