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Ricardo Brey | March 21 - April 19, 2025 | Alexander Gray Associates

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Alexander Gray Associates, New York presents Ricardo Brey: Obatalá, the Gallery’s fourth solo exhibition of work by the Cuban-born artist. Taking its title from the Yoruba deity of human creation—the orisha, or spirit, associated with wisdom, peace, and justice—the show features recent sculptures alongside large-scale works on paper. Drawing on diverse visual traditions, these complementary bodies of work question the primacy of Western worldviews by centering belief systems of African diasporas. Having lived and worked in Ghent, Belgium since 1990, Brey’s transcultural perspective is distinctly personal. In the sculptures on view, he adorns contemporary plaster replicas of ancient Greek statues with found materials that invoke the hybridity of Afro-Caribbean religious worship, such as beads, shells, bottlecaps, rope, cloth, and artificial hair. Assemblages like Gorgona (2024) and Eshu (2023) conflate mythological figures from Western antiquity with deities central to the practice of S

Ricardo Brey | March 21 - April 19, 2025 | Alexander Gray Associates Ricardo Brey : Obatalá , New York , March 21 - April 19, 2025 Current Past Ricardo Brey : Obatalá Past exhibition March 21 - April 19, 2025 New York Overview Installation Shots Artworks Artists Overview Ricardo Brey Eshu , 2023 Mixed media 21 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 40 in (55.2 x 80 x 101.6 cm) Alexander Gray Associates, New York presents Ricardo Brey: Obatalá , the Gallery's fourth solo exhibition of work by the Cuban-born artist. Taking its title from the Yoruba deity of human creation-the orisha, or spirit, associated with w

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