Darice Polo participate in the group exhibition "Ohio Artists for Freedoms" at The Art Academy of Cincinnati
CINCINNATI,
OH – The Art Academy of Cincinnati is pleased to present the group exhibition
Ohio Artists for Freedoms. Curated by Associate Professor of Studio Arts Emily
Hanako Momohara, this exhibition is part of the For Freedoms 50 State
Initiative—a non-partisan, nationwide campaign to use art as a means of inspiring
broad civic participation. The 50 State Initiative aims to build a network of
artists, arts institutions and civic leaders, and to map and connect the
cultural and artistic infrastructure in the United States.
For
Freedoms was founded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman in 2016 as a
platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the
United States. Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s 1943 paintings of the four
universal freedoms articulated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941—freedom of
speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—we seek to
use art to deepen public discussions of civic issues and core values, and to
clarify that citizenship in American
society is defined by participation, not by ideology. In the For Freedoms 50
State Initiative in Fall 2018, concurrent decentralized art exhibitions and
public events across the country will encourage broad participation in civic
discourse and, through lifting up a multiplicity of voices, will spark a
national dialogue about art, education, advertising and politics.
Darice
Polo, Freedom of Speech, 2016, serigraphy, 22” x 16”
About this
exhibition:
As clay in
the hands of the artist, democracy, especially in America, proves malleable.
Shaped by its founders, reshaped by its citizens over and over, it remains
uncast, ever-evolving. Whose hands shape it now in Ohio? Whose voices rise?
Whose stay silent? How does the rise and fall of certain voices play into
Ohio’s swing state power in our American democracy?
Artists
included: Ryan Dewey (Cleveland, OH); Melvin Grier (Cincinnati, OH); Scott
Hagen “The Barn Artist” (Jerusalem, OH); Terence Hammonds (Cincinnati, OH);
Anissa Lewis and Mary Clare Reitz (Cincinnati, OH); Darice Polo (Kent, OH);
Jenny Ustick (Cincinnati, OH); Wave Pool Contemporary Art Fulfillment Center
(Cincinnati, OH)
Darice Polo
Through
objects and language, Ryan Dewey challenges ethnic norms. As a photojournalist,
Melvin Grier documented the notorious 2001 Cincinnati Riots. The Barn Artist
has designed and painted over 100 patriot-themed Ohio barns for individual
families and corporations. Anissa Lewis and Mary Clare Reitz engaged community
members in neighborhood-centered art programs. Through prints and film, Darice
Polo gives voice to the history of Puerto Rico’s annexation and its impact on
the arts. Jenny Ustick fills a wall with a hand painted mural of Lady Liberty
shedding colonialism. Wave Pool’s execution of Carlos Reyes’ Gun Flute will be
on display alongside a video of the flutes being played in the Cincinnati March
for Our Lives Protest. All the artists deal with the nuanced juxtaposition of
love of country and participation in democracy.
—Emily
Hanako Momohara, curator
The group
exhibition Ohio Artists for Freedoms is open through September 21, 2018 at
Pearlman and Convergys Galleries, 1212 Jackson Street in Over-the-Rhine -
Gallery admission, reception, and discussion are free and open to the public.
Gallery
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 am –
5:00 pm Closed Monday, September 3rd, 2018 (Labor Day)
For more
information contact Matt Coors at 513-479-3639 or matt.coors@artacademy.edu.
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