In Conversation with artist Simon Benjamin at Swivel Gallery, NYC

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Join Simon Benjamin and Gervais Marsh for a conversation on the occasion of Simon’s exhibition, Native Diver, at Swivel Gallery

TODAY, MARCH 16th, 2pm EST

396 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Gervais and Simon have been in conversation through the Jamaica Art Society IN FOCUS Fellowship, and will continue their conversation at the gallery with a nice Jamaican soup as accompaniment.

Traditionally served on Saturday’s this Jamaican Chicken Soup recipe is a heart warming, delicious true island style broth made from chicken thighs, root vegetables and combined with my healthier version of homemade cock soup mix.

Gervais Marsh,PhD, is a writer, curator and scholar whose work is deeply invested in Black life, concepts of relationality and intimacy. They are currently a Curatorial Fellow with the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. Recent curatorial projects include Contours of the Interior at VisArts Center and Denzil Hurley: To be pained is to have lived through feeling with Canada NYC, and their writing can be found in The Financial Times, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, among other publications.

“Native Diver”, Simon Benjamin’s solo exhibition at the gallery presents a new collection of paintings, sculptures, and collages that expand on the artist’s ongoing exploration of the impact of both visible and invisible histories on current realities.

By using the sea and coastal space as a framework, the artist investigates the complex relationship between the Caribbean and trade, ocean travel, import-dominant consumerism, tourism, and other neo-colonial relationships imposed by the United States and the West.

Running until March 23.