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GAVLAK announces representation of April Bey
April Bey. Photo: Blair J. Meadows Photography.
LOS ANGELES, CA
.-GAVLAK announced the representation of Los Angeles-based artist April Bey. The gallerys guiding mission of promoting works by women and LGBTQ artists is enhanced and enriched through its amplification of Beys vision.
April Beys (Bahamian/American) work delivers audacious critiques of the mainstreaming and monetization of radical politics via a diverse range of media. Moving deftly between painting, printmaking, collage, video, intimately scaled artists books and immersive installations, Bey wittily skewers pop cultures sacred cows. Icons and anti-heroes of both American and Bahamian culture populate the bold and bright environs of her compositions, allowing for ambiguity in our assessments of their impact and legacies. Beys incorporation of mass-produced objects and reproductive media including printmaking and video underscores the means by which images com
Through the Eyes of Artists poster featuring Willowbrook by artist April Bey. Look for the poster featuring her artwork, titled “Waiting to Excel”, on Metro buses throughout LA County.
February is not just Black History Month, but also Black Futures Month – a chance to not just highlight important past figures and histories, but to creatively explore what tomorrow promises for Black people and communities. The concept of Black Futures is often intertwined with the Afrofuturism movement, which focuses on the African diaspora, science, technology, arts and advancement. To quote designer and theorist Ingrid LaFleur, the term Afrofuturism can be described as a “way of imagining possible futures through a Black cultural lens.”