New works by: Widline Cadet, Matthew Apol, & Brett Morgan
Widline Cadet is a Haitian-born artist. Her practice examines race, black Caribbean cultural identity, erasure, and (im)migration from within the United States. Through photographs, videos, and installations she interrogates the visual language with which the black Caribbean body, specifically her own, is misidentified, misrepresented, expected, and forced into one-dimensional performances of “blackness” and exoticism.
http://www.widlinecadet.com
Matthew Apol is an American interdisciplinary artist currently based in northern New York. His work draws from the experiences of being raised in a working-class home, early exposure to counter-culture/underground music communities, and a personal interest in graffiti as a language/tool for coded communication. His paintings and sculptures examine the intersection of labor, access, viewer engagement, and the multifunctional aspect of materials.
https://www.matthewjohnapol.com
Brett Morgan is an artist from rural Central Pennsylvania. His recent textile-based works use layers of patterns, images, and objects to reflect on the confusing and entangled space between pleasure/play and pain/violence, and interrogate the moments where being in control versus being controlled is not clear. Using patchwork fabrics alongside of images appropriated from mass media, these collages present personal narratives that are inseparable from their politics.
https://www.dashslashunderscore.com