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Atlanta Art Fair

Pullman Yards, Porter Hall

October 3-6, 2024

I Know My Heart Will Go On

Evita Tezeno
I Know My Heart Will Go On, 2024
Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas
48 x 48 in  (121.9 x 121.9 cm)

Big-boned Sally and Little Milton

Evita Tezeno
Big-boned Sally and Little Milton, 2024
Acrylic, mixed media collage and buttons on canvas
60 x 48 in  (152.4 x 121.9 cm)

The Letter

Evita Tezeno
The Letter, 2024
Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas
48 x 36 in  (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

For the Best

June Edmonds
For the Best, 2024
Acrylic on linen
74 x 50 in  (188 x 127 cm)

June Edmonds Deja Vu, 2024

June Edmonds
Deja Vu, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
63 x 45 in  (160 x 114.3 cm)

From This Precise Moment

June Edmonds
From This Precise Moment, 2024
Acrylic on linen
50 x 74 in  (127 x 188 cm)

Melissa Huddleston Genetic Drift, 2024

Melissa Huddleston
Genetic Drift, 2024
Acrylic on paper
48 x 40 in  (121.9 x 101.6 cm)

Melissa Huddleston In the Fizz, 2024

Melissa Huddleston
In the Fizz, 2024
Acrylic on paper
38 x 28 in  (96.5 x 71.1 cm)

Melissa Huddleston All nighter in the Mariana Trench, 2024

Melissa Huddleston
All nighter in the Mariana Trench, 2024
Acrylic on paper
60 x 43.187 in  (152.4 x 109.7 cm)

Press Release

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is pleased to announce our participation in the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair. Our presentation in Booth C15 will feature new work by two prominent African American artists, Evita Tezeno (b. Port Arthur, TX) and June Edmonds (b. Los Angeles, CA), and Los Angeles-based Melissa Huddleston (b. Elm Springs, AR).

The collage paintings by 2023 Guggenheim Fellow Evita Tezeno depict a cast of characters in harmonious everyday scenes inspired by her family and friends, childhood memories, personal dreams, and moments from her adult life in Texas. Influenced by the great 20th century modernists Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, and William H. Johnson, vibrant scenes of joy animate her vision of a Black America filled with humanity.

2022 Guggenheim Fellow June Edmonds uses abstract painting to explore how color, repetition, movement, balance, and symbols can serve as conduits to spiritual contemplation and interpersonal connection to her African-American roots. Exploring the depth and breadth of color, Edmonds' paintings communicate a language uniquely her own, deconstructing symbols through repetitive linework and bands of color, visceral impasto textures, and a psychologically charged lexicon of brilliant color.

Melissa Huddleston's paintings are steeped in historic print and papermaking processes, and are inspired by the vibrant ecologies of wetlands and swamps and suffused with her ruminations on primordial origins. Through an experimental monoprint-style method, acrylic paint is transferred through marbling water baths to achieve layered organic shapes, swooshes, and swirls of opalescent color floating with mysterious levity. 

Media Contact: Brianna Bakke, Director | mobile: 1.323.448.0147 | email: gallery@luisdejesus.com

LOCATION

Pullman Yards, Porter Hall
225 Rogers St NE
Atlanta, GA 30317

DATE & TIMES

VIP AND PRESS PREVIEW
Thursday, October 3, 5 PM - 9 PM

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Friday, October 4, 11 AM - 7 PM
Saturday, October 5, 11 AM - 7 PM
Sunday, October 6, 11 AM - 6 PM

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