This event is in the past.It took place on February 5, 2019 at EFA Studios.
Eight artists—half born outside the US—wrestle with what "American" means through raw figurative paintings and drawings. Expect work that confronts race, identity, and belonging head-on, from protest paintings to reimagined canonical portraits.
Figurative art
Identity exploration
Contemporary portraiture
Socially conscious
Tips
✏️Edgar Jerins' charcoal drawings detail American heartland despair
🖼️Elizabeth Colomba critiques Black representation in Western portraiture
⚪Greg Kwiatek's KKK series protests White Nationalist resurgence
Exhibition #22 — EFA Studio Program
Garment District
Eight artists—half born outside the US—wrestle with what "American" means through raw figurative paintings and drawings. Expect work that confronts race, identity, and belonging head-on, from protest paintings to reimagined canonical portraits.
Figurative art
Identity exploration
Contemporary portraiture
Socially conscious
Tips
✏️Edgar Jerins' charcoal drawings detail American heartland despair
🖼️Elizabeth Colomba critiques Black representation in Western portraiture
⚪Greg Kwiatek's KKK series protests White Nationalist resurgence
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