At the top of the year, Chance took a transformative trip to Accra, Ghana. By fate, Chance was introduced to Naïla Opiangah, a Gabonese painter whose work explores concepts of identity, self-reflection and interpersonal relationships, through an abstract depiction of nude Black women. The two connected on a higher level and began to collaborate on “Child of God.”The multifaceted art experience, which also features Ghanian-American musician Moses Sumney, originally debuted at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art on March 25th and was most recently on display this past weekend with EXPO CHICAGO.=
“Child of God” is a candid representation of the exchanges between two creatives of different artistic backgrounds, mediums and platforms. The piece values its process as much as its finished product. It’s a visualization of their mirrored experience as well as a thesis on what the liberation of artists could look like.
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