🎨🙌🏾 #ArtIsAWeapon Opening reception for my talented #Harlem homegirl @kimberlymbecoat's new solo exhibit "WELCOME TO URBANIA" @rushartsgalleries this Thursday, February 22nd, 6pm-8pm. __________________________ WELCOME TO URBANIA A Solo Exhibition Featuring the Art of Kimberly Becoat Curated by Oshun Layne February 22nd- April 5th, 2018 Rush Arts Gallery | 526 West 26th Street, Suite 311, New York, NY 10001 Born and raised in Harlem, Kimberly Becoat presents her newest series of work, Urbania. Through collaged de-collaged abstractions, Urbania is a visual discussion of Becoat’s early years growing up in Lexington Houses. Identified as a community meant to create “urban displacement,” project homes like Lexington Housing aimed to surgically remove “massive amounts of Blacks and Latinos” into designated forgotten pockets of the New York City landscape. In the Urbania series Becoat focuses on two main objectives, : urban displacement, and the reclaiming and re-appropriating by Blacks and Latinos from the 1970s-1990s. With a focused lens, these crucial topics intertwine Becoat’s intimate nostalgia with the political ramifications of a city built on segregation and redlining. Each work reflects on the scenery, people, and elements of Becoat’s childhood neighborhood. Captured in muted tones and incorporating a variety of “hood staples,” Becoat creates a new cultural paradigm. #KimberlyBecoat #NewExhibit #WelcomeToUrbania #BlackArtists #BlackWomanArtists #RushGalleries #Collage #Mixedmedia #ArtAndTheCity #ReclaimingHarlem #Redlining #HousingSegregation #Harlemites #BlackHarlemLives #HarlemWorld #AfroLatinx #BlackHistory365 #BlackFuture #BlackArt #BlackExcellence (at Rush Arts Galleries)