Baltimore based Jeffrey Kent and New York artist Warren Lyon share the Kohl Gallery with an exhibit exploring race and inequality through their two different aesthetic approaches.
Entitled “Raw Nerves: Homage and Provocation,” the exhibit is a powerful shared narrative about the African-American experience in America.
The two artists don’t hold punches when it comes to social inequality and racism, rather they come off as powerfully charged invitations—artistic dares— for dialogue. Their art transcends the easy formulations and expositions of anger while exploring a sense of shared suffering over injustice that moves toward the more spiritual than divisive.
Interim Director Alex Castro and the Kohl Gallery at Washington College have again raised the bar on the subject of how art can be an integral part of our daily life, how it can challenge us, how it can change us individually and as a community.
This exhibit shouldn’t be missed.
“Raw Nerves: Homage and Provocation” will continue through December 5. The Kohl Gallery is located in the Gibson Center for the Arts on the College campus, 300 Washington Avenue. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. (closed Monday and Tuesday and Thanksgiving).
The two videos are of Jeffrey Kent and Warren Lyons.
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