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Anina Major: Inheritance

SEPTEMBER 17th - OCTOBER 22nd, 2022

Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present ‘Inheritance’ by Anina Major. This is the artist’s first solo show with the gallery. ‘Inheritance’ will be on view from September 17th through October 22nd, 2022, with an opening reception on September 17th from 2-5 pm.

The decision to voluntarily establish a home contrary to the location in which Major was born and raised (The Bahamas) motivates her to investigate the relationship between self and place. In search of a place to articulate the essence of her practice, the artist returns to the inspirational source of her work—the straw market, an actual place that possesses metaphorical meanings, to further explore her own migration and the emotional complexities of transactional relationships between people and places. At its juncture a sense of belonging is generated from a combination of characteristics, core values and deep-rooted histories that are often undervalued in the context of tourism.

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In the desire to fabricate her own terms of cultural integrity and its defining influence, viewers experience sculptural works that act as present-day manifestations of the traditional weaving technique known as plait, taught to Major by her grandmother. Beach balls and straw bags collide into forms that through the material transformation of clay, exemplify the power of legacy building through making. And vintage postcards provide composition for the performative video work, Heavy is the Head as an alternate narrative to the utopian landscapes promoted.

As a counteraction to culture erasure, the work is a continued celebration and reclamation of the ideas behind ‘women’s work’, specifically regarding expressions of identity and imagination. Layering references to post-colonial themes, cultural commodification, feminism and migrational experiences, the abstract nature of the work has the capacity to exist in both traditional and contemporary realms.

Anina Major was born in Nassau, Bahamas. She lives and works in New York. Major received an MFA in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, and a BS in graphic design from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. She has exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA; New Museum, New York, NY; National Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas; and DeCordova Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. Major’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas; the RISD Museum, Providence, RI; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA.

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Scarlet Plum, 2022
Stand Tall, 2022
Bridge Over, 2022
Crown, 2022
Double Dutch, 2022
Beneath the Docks, 2022
Hot and Cold, 2022
Rainbows and Butterflies, 2022
Lean, 2022
Chasing Waterfalls, 2022
Sovereignty, 2022
Curled Within, 2021
Heavy is the Head, 2016
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Installation view of Inheritance
Scarlet Plum, 2022

Scarlet Plum, 2022

Glazed stoneware

13” x 18”

Stand Tall, 2022

Stand Tall, 2022

Glazed stoneware

41” x 12”

Bridge Over, 2022

Bridge Over, 2022

Glazed stoneware

26 1/2” x 21” x 11 1/2”

Crown, 2022

Crown, 2022

Glazed stoneware

13” x 18”

Double Dutch, 2022

Double Dutch, 2022

Glazed stoneware

21 1/2” x 16”

Beneath the Docks, 2022

Beneath the Docks, 2022

Glazed stoneware

15 1/2” x 17 1/2” x 11 1/2”

Hot and Cold, 2022

Hot and Cold, 2022

Glazed stoneware

15 1/2” x 11”

Rainbows and Butterflies, 2022

Rainbows and Butterflies, 2022

Glazed stoneware

9” x 14” x 11 1/2”

Lean, 2022

Lean, 2022

Glazed stoneware

16” x 14 1/2” x 12”

Chasing Waterfalls, 2022

Chasing Waterfalls, 2022

Glazed stoneware

39 1/2” x 19” x 13”

Sovereignty, 2022

Sovereignty, 2022

Glazed stoneware

15” x 15 1/2”

Curled Within, 2021

Curled Within, 2021

Glazed stoneware

9” x 22”

Heavy is the Head, 2016

Heavy is the Head, 2016

Video

Duration: 23 minutes, 52 seconds

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

Installation view of Inheritance

 
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