EXHIBITION: Dana Robinson, Ebony Reprinted

STONELEAF RETREAT is proud to present a solo show of Dana Robinson’s ongoing series, Ebony Reprinted, Saturday May 29 & Sunday May 30, 2021.

Advertisements and imagery from Ebony magazine are translated into paint, which is smeared, pressed, and textured to make monoprints. Robinson states there is joy in this process and also deep consideration as she removes traces of exploitative, white dominated and capitalist visual language, allowing the subjects to regain their agency. This process of abstraction withholds the full image from the viewer and allows for the luxury of privacy in a world where Blackness is hyper-surveilled.

If you are interested in learning more or wish to acquire works, please contact Helen at hello@stoneleafretreat.com and note that all sales directly support the artist and the residency program at STONELEAF.

Dana Robinson earned a BFA in Design from Florida State University in 2012 and her MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2019. Robinson has exhibited her work in the US and  internationally and it has been featured in New York Magazine’s Vulture, VICE, and It's Nice That. Her work has been exhibited at Beverly’s, Field Projects Gallery, Gloria’s Project Space, The Ace Hotel and the Wassaic Project, all of which are in New York, and also at the Amsterdam Flag Project; Amsterdam, Co-Lab Projects; Texas, Material Art Fair; Mexico City and Untitled Art Fair; Miami. In 2021 solo shows are planned at Selenas Mountain; New York, Specialist Gallery; Seattle and Stoneleaf Retreat; New York. She will be an artist-in-residence at Stoneleaf Retreat in 2021 and at the Wassaic Project in 2022.