A two-part exhibition by Dominican-born artist Sherezade García will open on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Praxis New York (located at 501 West 20th Street). The opening reception of “Sea of Belonging” will take place from 5:00 to 8:00pm. “Sea of Belonging” is in conversation with its South American counterpart, “Un mar de pertenencia,” which has been on view at Praxis Buenos Aires since August 21 and will remain until October 10, 2025. Praxis BA is located at Arenales 1311, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Description (Excerpts from Tandazani Dhlakama’s curatorial essay “Water Deities and the Embodiments of Multiplicity”): [. . .] Many writers have personified the sea or likened it to historical repository. Therefore, if water can hold history, then García’s beings carry the keys to humanity’s archives. Often situated in water, her figures represent narratives of hybridity that have persisted over time, as a result of, and in spite of, Columbus-era explorations, slavery, colonial exploits, political precariousness and more recently, the perilous pursuit of economic opportunity. They embody a form of creolization informed by cultures, religions, cosmologies and histories from every continent, but mainly by people groups who have moved across the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. [. . .]
At a time when the immigration issues in North America have intensified an already heightened political climate, García’s work reminds us of the complexity and beauty of our humanity. Aptly titled, Sea of Belonging: Golden Skin this body of work continues her tradition of bringing together ideas around identity, multiple-heritage and plurality. This timely work gently challenges singular dominant homogenous narratives that are founded in exclusion. Just as the narrative of Yemọja has persisted in many cultures for centuries, García’s work is a testament to human survival. Through subversion, people will endure and maybe even find beauty in the chaos.
For more information, see https://www.praxis-art.com/en/exhibitions/scherezade-garcia-un-mar-de-pertenencia
A two-part exhibition by Dominican-born artist Sherezade García will open on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Praxis New York (located at 501 West 20th Street). The opening reception of “Sea of Belonging” will take place from 5:00 to 8:00pm. “Sea of Belonging” is in conversation with its South American counterpart, “Un mar de pertenencia,” which
