"Wars in Our Time" Documents a Transcendent Perspective of Modern Conflict

Chicago, IL , January 12, 2016 (Newswire.com) - The multimedia artist, Folleh Tamba, presents the solo-exhibition, “Wars in Our Time”, installed at the Art Devour gallery in Chicago from January 25 to February 24, 2016 (opening reception January 25, 6-9pm). As a whole, the exhibit investigates the cyclical nature of humanity’s proclivity for self-harm – in its pieces, the work is an elemental unveiling and embrace of vulnerability.

Born in Chicago and raised in West Africa, Folleh Tamba fled the Liberian Civil War to rejoin family in the United States. In the span of 2000-2014, he obtained two bachelor’s degrees (Film, Justice Studies), an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media (Columbia College), and a Purple Heart (awarded while serving the United States Marine Corps during the Global War on Terror).

"Wars in Our Time" organizes all of these forms of media under one roof, allowing the viewer to interact with the psyche of an artist who has known war from all perspectives. The exhibit seeks to transcend the reactionary and divisive trends that dominate our culture - it is an immersive, real-space documentation of the human condition - using the backdrop of war to elucidate the undying efforts of mankind to overcome the tragic and horrific by communicating its impact via art and poetry.

Joseph Carmen, Curator

As a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist, Folleh’s collection of triggered memories, life reactions, interactions, and nightmares are processed, distilled, and morphed into narrative texts, nonfiction films, two-channel videos, audio installations, drawings, paintings, and sculptures.

 “Wars in Our Time” organizes all of these forms of media under one roof, allowing the viewer to interact with the psyche of an artist who has known war from all perspectives. The exhibit seeks to transcend the reactionary and divisive trends that dominate our culture – it is an immersive, real-space documentation of the human condition – using the backdrop of war to elucidate the undying efforts of mankind to overcome the tragic and horrific by communicating its impact via art and poetry.

Contact: Executive Director-Karen Perkins (219) 798-2360 or (773)-943-2748) Email: [email protected]