February - March 2009AESTETIC ASCENSION
The Art of Malik Seneferu
Asian Resource Gallery presents dynamic paintings by the prolific African American artist Malik Seneferu from February thru March 2009.
The self-taught artiist Malik Seneferu was living and working in San Francisco’s Hunters Point projects when ARG curator Greg Jung Morozumi met him fifteen years ago and invited him to participate in a group show called Rage & Beyond . Seneferu was painting in virtually every room in his family’s housing unit, doubling his modest home into an active art studio, so determined was he to become a painter. Since then he has traveled to parts of the African diaspora and now resides and works in the East Bay, while his folks still live in Hunters Point. Seneferu’s paintings reflect his personal transitions as well as the struggles and beauty of Black life in general.
A reception with poetry, music and refreshments open to the public will be on Thursday, February 26th, 6 pm. The Asian Resource Gallery is at 310 Eighth Street in Oakland Chinatown. Viewing hours are Monday thru Friday, 9am – 6pm.
Sponsored by East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation For more information, contact Greg at 510/532-9692
