Ana González & Dawoud Bey at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York

January 10 -February 22, 2025

Sean Kelly, New York is delighted to present Bruma, Ana González’s first solo exhibition in New York. The paintings and prints on fabric in Bruma depict the flora and fauna of González’s native Colombia and represent the ecosystems under threat from industries seeking to exploit them for their natural resources. González’s practice opposes the disappearance of these habitats, not only warning us of what will be lost in their destruction but proposing new ways to relate to the natural world. Bruma engages with the vast ecological and human history of these landscapes encouraging the viewer to see our environment in a new way. There will be an opening from 6 to 8 pm. The artist will be present.

Also delighted to announce the exhibition, Dawoud Bey: Stony the Road, the gallery’s third exhibition with the artist. The exhibition will feature the artist’s newest photographic series, Stony the Road, (2023), and his related film, 350,000, (2023) which center on Richmond, Virginia, as the historical terrain where African captives first arrived in the United States and were marched into enslavement.

Commissioned and first exhibited by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2023, Bey’s Stony the Road series is the third chapter in the artist’s ongoing exploration of the deep connections between African American history, the American landscape and the traumas embedded in those landscapes. Dawoud Bey: Stony the Road marks the series New York debut, opening at Sean Kelly with a reception for the artist on Thursday, January 9, from 6-8pm.

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Tuesday-Friday: 11:00am-6:00pm

Saturday: 10:00am-6:00pm