01/03/2020
Thanks for being such rad roommates. See you ALL tomorrow night for The bars open 5:30pm-11pm. playing all night.
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Please join us tomorrow night, First Friday from 6-10pm to preview a new exhibition of works by Keith Secola.
Secola’s recent body of work has involved the reinsertion of the American Indian image onto collaged and deconstructed book covers of American history. The use of archival photography and textbooks allows Secola to create a layer between the past and present to form new narratives that question Native identity through the fusion of image, text, and memory. The photographic archives were collected by the artist from archival albums from his grandparents and represent Secola’s Ute Indian and Uncompahgre heritage.
Keith Secola grew up in the Southwest US and belongs to the Ute Indian tribe and Bois Forte Band Ojibwa. He graduated from the California College of the Arts with an MFA in 2018 with a focus on printmaking. Secola’s earliest influences come from his father, a musician whose travels exposed him to contemporary Native arts at a young age and influenced a life in the creative arts. Exploring the balance between contemporary and traditional themes, his artwork merges printmaking, archival photography, illustrations, and murals sourced from Native American life and skateboard culture. Each piece transmits indigenous memories, identity, and narratives.
Keith Secola lives and works in Oakland, California.
Join us at Local Language for a discussion with the artist next month, Friday February 7 at 6pm.
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