Residency Art Gallery is pleased to present The Ride Back to Black, a solo exhibition by Elizabeth Axtman. The exhibition will run from July 22nd through August 31st, 2017, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 22nd from 6pm to 9pm.
The Ride Back to Black is an exhibition that explores the perilous journey of Black athletes, entertainers and public figures that attempt to transcend their race to be accepted by the majority (aka “Crossing Over”). The work exhibited attempts to capture the desires and illusions of wanting to belong to something that historically rejects the idea of Blackness in America. The inevitable “Ride Back” back to Blackness is taken when the subject has discovered they are not viewed anymore as manageable, polite, docile, or containable as at the height of their celebrity.
