Press Release - "Multi-Purpose Room" by Muzae Sesay
Muzae Sesay
”Debating Goodbyes”
Acrylic, vinyl emulsion, enamel, oil pastel, wax pastel, colored pencil, graphite, wood on canvas
60 x 60 inches
2017-2021
info@part2gallery.com
pt.2 Gallery
Multi-Purpose Room
A solo exhibition by
Muzae Sesay
Opening Reception
Saturday, November 13th
Appointment Only 11 - 5pm
Public Opening Reception 6-9 pm
Showing Through December 20th, 2021
Schedule Private Viewing
Paintings and sculptures as they relate to a process of breaking down the need to “know” with the practice of engaging the curiosity, anxiety, and absurdity of our personal social reality in its unforeseeable present glory. In that deconstruction of expectation, we walk together and experience the infinite possibilities of life and love. There is nothing to contrast this moment to. We remain on a collision course with each other as a type of beautiful calamity. We hold hands with the illogical as we approach our path now free from the formality of rigid comparison. We manage stumbling through a turbulent life by the crutch of our friends and family.
Room(noun):
Space that can be occupied or where something can be done, especially viewed in terms of whether there is enough
“There’s only room for a single bed in there”
A room with limitless purpose is like a soul that stays malleable from a lust for life. Every experience, unique and valuable. Every relationship, individual and precious. Every speck, every leaf, every grain of sand. As I open my doors to a boundless other side, I learn how to step forward untethered. I learn new ways to love.
Multi-Purpose Room extracts the intimate scenes and scenarios we share in the pursuit of nothing. The innate social encounters that help define our collective connection also establish our existence as distinct and special. The intersection of choices that end up illustrating our life narrative. Snapshots and pathways string together the dichotomy of past and future while images of current situations snuggle in a grounding sense of present. Realizing no one had any idea it would be like this, we can see the ever expanding multidimensionality of relationships. Bound to one another for better or for worse, I ask where are the rooms in my house?
Muzae Sesay
”Charades”
Acrylic, vinyl emulsion, oil pastel, wax pastel, colored pencil, graphite on canvas
61 x 90 inches
2021