"DC music legend Chuck Brown dominates the southeast quadrant of one floor of the 1223 Potomac Gallery in Georgetown-on one wall, a tessellated image of Brown parades across a framed relief. On another, a portrait of Brown is composed of smaller images that showcase reference points of DC culture like Rock Creek brand soda, the Ritz nightclub sign, and the phrase "say less," all printed on hexagonal tiles."
"Those bases are meant to recall the tiles on Metro, explains Jermaine "jET" Carter, the artist whose work makes up the majority of " Something for the People," a new exhibition at the gallery that celebrates DC's homegrown culture at a time when the District's streets are still riddled with National Guard troops and Home Rule, established in 1973, faces frequent threats from President Trump."
An exhibition at 1223 Potomac Gallery showcases Jermaine "jET" Carter's tile-based works that map DC culture via hexagonal, Metro-style tiles. Large pieces include a tessellated relief and a portrait of Chuck Brown assembled from smaller images referencing Rock Creek soda, the Ritz nightclub sign, and the phrase "say less." Carter made five of eight works for the show and frames his practice as "world-building" that creates monument-like objects. The gallery proprietor Yaddiya curated the exhibition and connects it to a forthcoming documentary directed by Sebastián Vizcarra about Moechella protests. A screening of the film is scheduled for October 29 at Georgetown Law.
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