Alisa Sikelianos-Carter is a mixed-media painter from Upstate New York. Sikelianos-Carter asserts that Black features are a manifestation of a sacred and divine technology that has served as a means of survival, both physically and metaphysically. She envisions a cosmically bountiful world that celebrates and pays homage to ancestral majesty, power, and aesthetics. Inspired by traditionally Black hairstyles, Sikelianos-Carter uses web and catalog-sourced images to construct new archetypes. Through her exploration of opulent, luminescent materials she is creating a mythology that is centered on Black resistance and uses the body as a site of alchemy and divinity.
There will be an opening reception to celebrate this exhibition on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, from 5:00 – 6:30pm.
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Image: Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, Afronauts and Ancestors, 2017, acrylic, ink, gouache, micaceous iron oxide, silver foil, glitter, white coarse mica, abalone shell, and collage on paper, 93 x 84 inches, © Alisa Sikelianos-Carter