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June 5, 2019
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New
York-based
artist Mark
Aghatise
manip-
ulates
photo-
graphs to
create,
‘What Lies
Under-
neath.’
Gioncarlo
Valentine
designs art
to explore
the hyper
masculin-
ity within
black
culture.
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Artists on Black Culture
Gallery to kick off
exhibit with the artists
Two international artists who create art related
to black culture will kick off a month long exhibit
with First Thursday and Saturday receptions at the
nonprofit Blue Sky Gallery, 122 N.W. Eighth Ave.
Mark Aghatise, a London-born, New York-based
artist, manipulates photographs to examine the bi-
furcation of self that occurs in contemporary urban
life, “Through photographing other black bodies, I
began to better understand my own and ultimately
how to contort and queer the space it inhabits,” he
said.
Gioncarlo Valentine, a Baltimore-city born and
New York based artist, is a documentary portrai-
ture photographer and writer. His work focuses on
issues faced by marginalized populations, most of-
ten focusing his lens on the experiences of black/
LGBTQIA+ communities.
Aghatise will appear for a free artists talk at the gal-
lery on First Thursday, June 6, at 5 p.m.; and Valentine
will do an artists’ talk on Saturday, June 8 at 3 p.m.