April Bey’s New Show “Made In Space” Opens Today at Band Of Vices Art Gallery

I am so happy and excited for April with her third solo art exhibition opening today. Click here for directions to this new art gallery in Los Angeles. The show will be up through June 16. Below check out, via April’s instagram, some of the work-in-progress images of pieces that will be included:

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Behold the Power of “Ferengi Feminism”

(Warning: lyrics in music sampled for video below contain NSFW language.) Here’s a recent studio recap that April made for a piece she’s working on:

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STUDIO RECAP Music: #Gorillaz – Ascension (feat. Vince Staples) #studiorecap #studiovibes #art #aprilbey #laart #laartist #bahamianart #painting #stencil #drawing #sewing #scifiart #femme #womanism #trekkies #wip #contemporaryart #Gorillaz #ghana #nigeria #afropreneur #afrobeats #issarae #chimamandangoziadichie #tapnation #michaelacoel #dieties #afrofuturism #blerdart #blerd

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The piece-in-progress features Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a gifted Nigerian author and feminist activist, juxtaposed with the phrase “Ferengi Feminism” to be rendered in a similar style to an earlier piece (that sold in her recent solo show) in this “Afro-Futurist” series, Rules of Acquisition: 

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@mstinalawson @coagulacuratorial #solange #painting #laart @saintrecords

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What is “Ferengi Feminism”?