The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Kambui Olujimi: North Star

Institution
San José Museum of Art
Grant Cycle
Fall 2023
Amount
$70,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
sjmusart.org/exhibition/kambui-olujimi-north-star ↗
Kambui Olujimi, Land’s End, 2020. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 94 x 79 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Kambui Olujimi, Unknown Unknown 1, 2022. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 55 x 51 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Kambui Olujimi, Ghost Ledger, 2024. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 55 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Kambui Olujimi, When You Find Me, 2021. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 51 x 77 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Kambui Olujimi, Even More Beautiful Than I Ever Imagined, 2024. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, approximately 96 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Kambui Olujimi: North Star is an immersive exhibition that features Kambui Olujimi’s inquiry into the liberatory possibilities of weightlessness, a concept he has explored since 2019 as an alternative to the structuring forces of anti-Black racism. Olujimi’s projects implicate viewers in reimagining what is possible, often through elements drawn from history and everyday life.

North Star brings together a selection of large-scale watercolor and ink paintings, a site-specific mural, a film, and a new audiovisual installation. These works collectively imagine what new relationships we might chart between our bodies, the self, the planet, and the universe once deeply entrenched forces are destabilized and replaced by boundlessness and possibility.

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