Reynolds hosting Sukenya Best Art Exhibit: Dancing Ink
Richmond, Va. (September 22, 2017) – The Conference Center Gallery inward the Workforce Development too Conference Center on Reynolds Community College Parham Road Campus volition opened upwards its doors Friday, September 22 to showcase Sukenya Best’s fine art exhibit, “Dancing Ink.” The exhibit volition endure on display through Friday, Oct 6.
Sukenya’s function involves the human figure, human contact, too audience participation. It is propelled past times an appreciation for color, music, too dance. These elements are an autobiographical link to her family's history inward the Caribbean Area Islands, New York City, too Central Virginia. Her procedure of creating artwork non exclusively involves the mixing of cultures, simply also the mixing of mediums. This includes printmaking, painting, too drawing. The combination of trip the low-cal fantastic toe too impress becomes a tool for communicating social issues regarding cultural interaction too division.
In her innovative monotypes, Sukenya seeks to capture human rhythm, paths too patterns. To practise her works, she collaborates amongst dancers who perform on an inked plate placed on the studio flooring that captures the shift too weight of movement. From the plate, she creates large monotype prints that tape the dancer’s movements. The multiple colors of these prints are inspired past times the dancer’s agency or music choice. Her work, drawing from various cultures including the African diaspora, the Caribbean, too Spain, reflects the overlapping struggling too emerging cultures.
The populace is invited to the opened upwards reception Friday, September 22 from vi to 8 p.m. For to a greater extent than information well-nigh this resultant or to schedule a tour of the collection, contact Karen Steele at ksteele@reynolds.edu.
