SPACES Presents Artist in Residence ọmọlolú Refilwe Bàbátúndé and New Curatorial Project, Patterned

SPACES is pleased to invite you to meditations on be(IN) thr(u), a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist ọmọlolú Refilwe Bàbátúndé (shx/they). Refilwe Bàbátúndé is a multimedia artist whose work is rooted in the healing, self-emancipatory properties of Black sound. As SPACES’ Spring artist-in-residence, they have created an immersive installation that forms a constellation, mapping their interdisciplinary artistic practice across the Oracle Gallery. Combining sonic/video collages, their own familial archive, a monument to Zora Neale Hurston, and newly created printed matter, Refilwe Bàbátúndé’s artworks flow together in an exploration of soothing sites of attunement.

In the Gund Gallery, Thea Spittle (SPACES curatorial coordinator) has organized Patterned, a group exhibition of five artists whose work explores different approaches to patterns as visual designs, conceptual constructions and symbols of cultural heritage. Patterned includes textiles, printmaking, photography, and sculpture made by an intergenerational group of artists based in the Midwest and East Coast regions: Yuko Kimura, Rebecca Marimutu, Susan K. Schroeder, Lo Smith, and Annmarie Suglio. This curatorial project asks the question “can visual patterns help us understand patterns of behavior and vice versa?”

SPACES
2900 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
spacescle.org
216.621.2314
Open noon-5pm, Wednesday–Saturday

EVENTS:

meditations on be(IN) thr(u), May 15–June 27

Patterned, May 15–June 27. Opening reception 6-9pm Friday, May 15