Morton Fine Art & And Beige present ART IN ENVIRONMENTS

A Fine Art and Home Design Collaboration

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Enjoy the elegant vision of Daren Miller, DC designer and owner of And Beige, for an environmental experience integrating Morton Fine Art’s artwork.  And Beige takes MFA’s artwork out of the gallery setting and into the design studio – highlighting how fine art and fine home design are perfect complements in an inviting and stylish home retail environment.

Champagne reception: Thursday, October 25th from 6pm-8pm.

And Beige, 1781 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 (**2 doors down from Morton Fine Art**)

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe – Contemporary Response – Featured Image 1

VICTOR EKPUK, ETHIOP
48” x 48”, acrylic and steel on panel, 2012.
Image courtesy of the artist and Morton Fine Art

VICTOR EKPUK’s Artist Statement:

ETHIOP
“My color does not disfigure my honor and wit” –Afonso Alvares” (Portugal, 1500s)
This exhibition is layered with history, memory and meaning. For me, these layers are summed up in; “Head of a Black Slave” (1560-90, cast iron, Venice, Italy). This object with manacled neck and unbowed head has inspired my creation of a painting titled “Ethiop”.
“Ethiop” (a Renaissance description of a black African) explores the symbolisms and metaphors of black as a color. It explores history, relationships, experiences and conditions of being described as “black”, being “black”, and being “black African”.
The layers of meaning explored in “Ethiop” also find expression in my second piece, “Union of Pope Clement VII and Simonetta da Collevecchio”.

Head of a Black Slave
(1560-90, cast iron, Venice, Italy)
Courtesy Walters Art Museum