Praise Shadows is honored to present an online exhibition of small-scale collages from Helina Metaferia's series Refiguring the Canon. The artist has stated that these collages "create a hybrid environment where performance art and collage are used to interrogate racism, sexism, and notions of western exceptionalism within art historical narratives and institutional spaces." The combination of images and artwork create a persona reclaiming a space in art history for under-recognized and marginalized women and artists of color.
Other works from Refiguring the Canon are currently on view at The Africa Center, New York, NY, in a traveling exhibition with Independent Curators International through 2028.
All works will be framed and glazed prior to shipping. Please allow for a one-month turnaround.
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Photograph by Will Howcroft for Praise Shadows Art Gallery. -
Past Exhibitions at Praise Shadows
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All Put Together
Solo Exhibition by Helina Metaferia 18 March - 17 April 2022All Put Together by Helina Metaferia is a multifaceted presentation pulled from the artist's interdisciplinary practice to emphasize narratives centered on social engagement. Her process, rooted in the archives and... -
Let Love Quiet Fear
Group Exhibition 12 January - 12 February 2023Artwork by Paul Briggs, Erin Genia, Eric Gottesman, Ekua Holmes, DA Mekonnen, Helina Metaferia, Jo Nanajian, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Yu-Wen Wu. Organized by For Freedoms. In conversation...
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Kaleidoscopic No. 15: Helina Metaferia
March 25, 2023An interview between artist/ curator Leonardo Bravo and artist Helina Metaferia: Leonardo Bravo: Hello, and good morning. I'm here with Helina Metaferia. Helina you are in New York at this... -
Ritual and Remembrance in Sharjah Biennial 15
March 15, 2023Situated on the Persian Gulf, Sharjah is the capital of Sharjah emirate and third largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first Sharjah Biennial took place in 1993.... -
Making a Big Investment? Fairchain Is the Art World’s Prenup.
January 20, 2023When you purchase a painting, you’re not just buying a physical, stretched canvas layered in oil paints. You’re buying into a practice, burgeoning or established. You’re acquiring a piece of... -
Our Favorite Moments of 2022
December 30, 2022Juan José Barboza-Gubo transformed a visit to the intimate Coolidge Corner gallery into an affective journey through the Peruvian jungle. Much of the work was sourced and created in Peru,... -
How Do You Judge the Value of Social Practice Art?
September 26, 2022Thousands of years of art-historical movements have birthed language to describe and critique works of art in detail. Social practice, however, is in its infancy as an artistic movement—the term... -
In ‘Helina Metaferia: All Put Together,’ Headdresses Reflect Women’s Power
July 25, 2022Around the world and throughout history, humans have worn headdresses to reflect social status, amplify distinctive characteristics and pay tribute to personal and social history. In Helina Metaferia: All Put... -
Praise Shadows Announces Two Institutional Acquisitions for Works by Helina Metafeira
July 11, 2022Praise Shadows is pleased to announce two important museum acquisitions for works by Helina Metaferia, both originating from the artist’s 2022 solo exhibition at the gallery, All Put Together .... -
Helina Metaferia Honors the Activist Legacies of Black Women across Collage and Performance
March 21, 2022Helina Metaferia links personal histories of Black womanhood with larger legacies of social justice through collage, photography, and video. Her work embodies and shifts the feminist mantra of the personal... -
Artist Helina Metaferia Celebrates Black Women Activists in Two Solo Shows
February 4, 2022“For me, the pandemic was initially a time for introspection and rest, and then quickly picked up when the 2020 uprisings began,” Ethiopian-American artist Helina Metaferia recalls. Picked up indeed....
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