On the occasion of Ramekon O’Arwisters’ exhibition SCHISM, PSG extends a warm invitation to an evening with our special guest Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Public Programs at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), who will be in conversation with artist Ramekon O’Arwisters. We’re also thrilled to welcome Paul Henderson, an art collector and cultural strategist, as our co-host, who will provide introductions for the speakers.
Following the successful 2024-2025 solo exhibition of HOUSE OF at Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles we’re excited and honored to present SCHISM, Ramekon O’Arwisters’ first one-person exhibition at PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY in DTLA!
The choice of SCHISM as an exhibition title is not so much a reflection of discord within Ramekon O’Arwisters, but an acknowledgement of chaotic shifts and swings in predictability and safety in politics and community. Targeting, overreach, and coded responses are not new to Black Americans; finding ways to navigate being Black and Queer between the hazards is the theme of this upcoming exhibition, a watery ground of coded abstraction. On view in the exhibition will be the artists’ iconic sculpture, Black on Black; tapestries from the Bound in Black series; a series of B&W self-portraits; and new textile sculptures!
The exhibition promises to be breathtaking and groundbreaking!!