4th Wall Presents Visual Alchemy: Afrofuturism

This week a unique exhibit comes to West Ashley when 4th Wall presents Visual Alchemy: Afrofuturism, a collection of work from Cedric Umoja, Krigga, and Roni Nicole Henderson. The exhibit officially opens on Thursday, June 9 with an artist talk with Umoja, Krigga, and Henderson at 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception from 6-9 p.m. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.
Visual Alchemy: Afrofuturism, whihc is brought to you in part by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and Piccolo Spoleto, fuses three distinct voices who, though working through different mediums, center their works around the elemental function of ritual and magic in black life.
Umoja, Krigga and Henderson will present works that employ the “visual alchemy” of the African diaspora and project a bold, brilliant “afrofuture.”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Cedric Umoja
Cedric Umoja creates visual dialogue with his audience, using various mediums, methods, and tools. His medium of choice is paint — house, water, acrylic, and aerosol — and his canvases range from traditional canvases to recycled materials including cardboard, waste concrete backer board, the occasional door or piece of plywood. His artwork features brilliant colors, symbolism, ethnic expression, psychological and metaphysical references, and mysticism. Umoja’s goal is to bring together past, present, and future means of communicating in a holistic manner to create a familiar yet modern way of altering the status quo.
Krigga
Krigga is a digital artist who’s focus is celebrating the Black experience and highlighting it’s many emanations across the diaspora. His workings are an amalgamation of cultural and esoteric reference. He uses his particular sense of synesthesia to transmute sound into an image that invokes a sense of wonder and reflection on the human being’s cosmic, aboriginal, and omni-dimensional nature. Raising humanity’s vibrations through visual art is the purpose.
Roni Nicole Henderson
As a filmmaker, Roni Nicole Henderson makes fiction, fine art, experimental, documentaries. She hopes to create feature-length films in the very near future. As a photographer, she loves to shoot fashion and fine art, document artists and everyday folk, especially during major life initiations. As a fine artist, she likes to project her “moving pictures” in odd places.
4th Wall will host Visual Alchemy: Afrofuturism until Aug. 5. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9a.m.-5 p.m. and by appointment. For appointments contact Alexandra Danna at 640-5486. 4th Wall is Located at 815 Savannah Hwy. For more information on this exhibit or 4th Wall visit www.4thwallchs.com.