We are excited to soon showcase Remy Jungerman’s new body of work in an exhibition titled What the River Says. Tracing how the patterns seen in early 20^th Century Maroon shoulder capes of Suriname mirror the patterns seen in the majestic quilts of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, Jungerman reveals how a rich geometry carried across the ocean to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade has informed his recent work. Read more below.

(The exhibition What The River Says will feature many of the pieces discussed in Jungerman’s new book, Tracing the Lines, which will also be launched during the opening on September 28th. Read more here.)

“My ancestors are constantly whispering form and attitude in my ear. As I work in mystudio—tearing textile into small pieces, rubbing clay over the textile, pouring layers of liquid kaolin, and carving on the surface of the clay—I am constructing spaces that I hope viewers will engage with on a spiritual level, feeling the touch of the hands that made the works, both my own and those of my ancestors.” — Remy Jungmeran