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Onyedika Chuke _5

Artists Alliance Inc. / March 23-31, 2018 / New York, New York

http://artistsallianceinc.org/cuchifritos-gallery-2/upcoming-exhibitions/onyedika-chuke

In 1775, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, “She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is, therefore, an emblem of magnanimity and true courage” while musing on the nation’s first symbol, the rattlesnake. Franklin’s America described here as “an emblem of magnanimity and true courage” was rapidly gaining its independence through war, veiled by the vow to protect its newfound freedom and justice for all. In _5, Onyedika Chuke conceptualizes the role protection—of bodies, of borders, of resources—has played in the development of nations by analyzing allegories of snakes and nationalism in five pieces. 

Part three of the 4-part Workspace ’18 exhibition series, featuring new work by residents of AAI’s LES Studio Program

Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space
120 Essex Street
(inside Essex Market)
New York, New York

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