april 24 - may 30, 2021

Daughters of lam

Rachelle dang and jodie lyn-kee-chow

OPENING RECEPTION: thursday, april 29, 6-8pm

With this collaboration two female artists of Chinese descent pay tribute to the early 20th-century, Cuban Chinese painter Wifredo Lam, who fused elements of Cubism and Surrealism with African culture in his paintings. Rachelle Dang grew up in Hawaii and Jody Lyn-Kee-Chow in Jamaica. In this combined installation they show works that incorporate landscape, history and fantasy - relying on their respective cultural backgrounds for tactile and visual inspiration. 

Born in Honolulu, Hawai`i, Rachelle Dang combines a practice based in sculpture and installation with research into Pacific colonial legacies.  Her work examines historical forms and complex environmental connections between places, people, and things.  She has exhibited her work in New York at Socrates Sculpture Park, Fergus McCaffrey, Nathalie Karg Gallery, Lesley Heller Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, Motel, and mh PROJECT nyc.  Additional exhibitions include the Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawai`i Pacific University, and the Haverford College Art Galleries. 

Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow is a Jamaican-American interdisciplinary artist living and working in Queens, NY.  Her work often explores performance and installation art drawing from the nostalgia of her homeland, Caribbean folklore, fantasy, feminism, globalism, spirituality, environmentalism, and migration.  She holds a BFA with honors from New World School of the Arts, University of Florida and an MFA from Hunter College, CUNY.  Her work has been featured internationally at venues including Royal West Academy of England, The National Gallery of Jamaica, You You Contemporary Art Centre, Guangzhou, China. 

artist talk:

Juan Sanchez, visual artist and professor at Hunter College, joins Rachelle and Jodie for a live-streamed Zoom discussion of their work in Daughters of Lam and their inspiration for the show, Cuban artist Wifredo Lam.

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.
Please wear a face mask to visit the gallery. Visitors without masks cannot be let inside. Thank you for your cooperation.

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, the Greenwich Collection, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and the Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation.