#22 - Adee Roberson on Abstraction
Adee Roberson moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. We talk about her connection with the city and its tradition of experimental black artists and spirituality. In the show she presents Awolowo Road, a wall piece made in Nigeria. To be more precise in Awolowo Road in Lagos. She describes her stay in the sprawling city, the feeling of becoming a part of its bustling energy, and how the location impacted her work.
This is a special episode made in collaboration with Royale Projects, on the occasion of the group show If You Steal My Sunshine - California Abstraction Now, installed in the gallery November 3 – December 22, 2019
At the end of the episode, director Rick Royale speaks about how this group show came about. He and his team employed an unusual work method, sourcing the participating artists via Instagram. Narrowing down the search they found a group of six artists that had no obvious connection between them. Even so, the communalities found online presented a group of younger female artists that all have a connection to California and work with abstraction.
The exhibition titled after a song feels as sparkly, bright and positive as the one hit wonder from the 90s. The song If You Steal My Sunshine, a mix of different styles and genres, however, contains an eerie underlaying threat - what would indeed happen if that sunshine got stolen?
Sound engineer: Nate Kohrs