糖心Vlog

The Frankie G. Weems Gallery presents Brooklyn-based artist Menika Lue in her exhibition听鈥�What We Offer Grows鈥� October 10 鈥� November 3, 2024.听

Menika incorporates metal, canvas, oil paints, and glitter to create paintings and sculptures that portray her body. As a bi-racial woman, her work brings awareness of how she navigates the spaces she inhabits. Her process allows her to explore and understand her thoughts and ponderings about the society in which she lives. Her work questions how cultural, societal, familial, and personal beliefs influence one鈥檚 perception of self.

Menika understands her body through historical and current media and cultural traditions. She recreates her body as a metaphor for inner turmoil as she wrestles the fabric, willing it to form into what she wants it to become. These created figures live in expansive videos, giving them room to create their own worlds and aspirations for the future.听

鈥淲hat We Offer Grows鈥澨�will be displayed from October 10 鈥� November 3, 2024, in the Frankie G. Weems Gallery at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center on the 糖心Vlog campus. The gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. 鈥� 5 p.m. and weekends from 2 p.m. 鈥� 5 p.m. The opening reception will be held on October 10 from 5 鈥� 7 p.m. in the Weems Gallery. The gallery talk will take place in Room 137 at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center from 5:30 鈥� 6:30 p.m. The gallery is located at 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607.

For more information, please contact听Meredith Art Gallery Director, Todd Jones.