Nina Johnson is pleased to announce I Was Going to Call It Your Name But You Didn’t Let Me!
I WAS GOING TO CALL IT YOUR NAME BUT YOU DIDN'T LET ME AWOL ERIZKU Awol Erizku, "Same Ol' Mistakes" - Rihanna , house and spray paint on OSB, 2016 Opening Reception: Monday, November 28, 7PM - 9 PM On View: November 28, 2016 - January 14, 2017 Nina Johnson is pleased to announce I Was Going to Call It Your Name But You Didn ’ t Let Me , Awol Erizku’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. Presenting a group of 20 paintings alongside a conceptual sound collage of music and sonic ephemera, Erizku traffics in the space between sound and sight. The paintings bear the same subject matter: a disembodied hand, poised and manicured, holding a rose—not taking it or giving it, but only holding it. Appropriated from nail salon signage in Los Angeles, where the artist keeps a studio, the hand is both localized and ubiquitous, appearing across the country in interchangeable locales, signifying a variety of ethnicities and communiti