Group Exhibition: “Ancestral Landscapes: Investigating Heritage and Home” hosted by Not Real Art World
July 7, 2023
Ancestral Landscapes: Investigating Heritage and Home
What does it mean to come from somewhere? How do we define family and home? In what ways do we resemble and converge from those who came before us? How do memory and culture factor in? The artists in this month’s exhibition pose these questions and more. Embarking on a detective-like quest to investigate their roots, they pay homage to beloved family homes, neighborhoods, and land, examine generational bonds and rifts, follow the trails of cultural diaspora, and address the trauma of displacement. From exploring quotidian rituals and routines to probing centuries-old customs and roles, they present a tapestry of identity-based work centering on heritage and place.
Not Real Art presents their sixth First Friday online exhibition of the year, Ancestral Landscapes, curated by Kirsten Bengtson-Lykoudis, which traverses the murky terrain between home and heritage with a rich tapestry of identity-based work. First Friday Exhibitions are a curated monthly series featuring leading lights of the creative world.
Ancestral Landscapes features the work of 29 artists including: Alexandra F Light, Britt Sankofa, Chantal Lesley, Chelsea Kaiah, Daniela Leal, Edison Peñafiel, Ellex Swavoni, Eunsuh Choi, Grace Gutierrez, Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman, Jamie Robertson, Jason Matias, Jazmin Castaneda, Jendayi Glasgow, Jenny Lam, Jezabeth Gonzalez, Kasra Goodarznezhad, Lawd P, Li Lin-Liang, Lois Harada, Lola del Fresno, Mary Lou Uttermohlen, Nicholas Pollack, Olga Nenazhivina, Sabina Puppo, Sadie Smith, Tie Li, Tommy Kha, and Whitney Sage.
View the exhibition here: https://notrealart.com/exhibition/ancestral-landscapes/
About the curator: Kirsten Bengtson-Lykoudis is a writer, photographer, and former New York gallerist based in Richmond, Virginia. She has a masters in fine art, a BA in Russian literature, and is earning a masters in nonfiction writing at Johns Hopkins University, AAP.