on until March 16th, 2025
This exhibit is in celebration of Black History Month.
Adeyemi Adegbesan's art explores themes of interconnectivity and resilience of Black communities in Canada and abroad.
From the materiality of the woven textiles, to the interlocking chains featured on the subjects in the work, to the unification of strands of hair into a braid, unity is the central theme of the work.
Viewers are invited to reflect on the role that unity and community connection plays in their own lives.
Canadian Afrofuturist artist Adeyemi Adegbesan aka Yung Yemi is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice aims to examine the cultural intersectionalities within Black identity. Reflecting on Black cultural ideologies from pre-colonial, colonial, present day and future timelines; across regions, religions, varying levels of income and political lines, Adegbesan examines the dichotomy of the richness of Black experiences with the imposed societal homogeneity of ‘Blackness’. Through his work, Adegbesan pulls from these cultural inspirations to create Afro-futurist/Afro-surrealist portraits that embody themes of history, fantasy, speculative futures, and spirituality.
This exhibit is on display in the Glass Case Gallery, Richmond Hill Central Library
