September 3 - October 12, 2024
RECONSTRUCTS
BRANDON J. DONAHUE-SHIPP
RECEPTION & REMARK | Friday, Sept. 6, 5:30 - 7:30 PM - Remark at 7 PM
Pentimenti is delighted to present Reconstructs, a solo exhibition featuring the wide scope of Brandon J. Donahue-Shipp’s work. This exhibition presents a series of mixed media works that redefine boundaries and investigate themes of identity, transformation, and the celebration of the everyday.
Reconstructs highlights Brandon's expertise in diverse techniques, offering an engaging and thought-provoking experience.
In his latest series of paintings, Brandon utilizes repurposed t-shirts as a unique canvas surface, completing the work with the use of collage and his expertly honed airbrush techniques developed since his youth. His mastery of colors and compositions allows the bright hues and bold forms to float through the painting. These works depict fragments of everyday moments from the artist's life.
The exhibition also includes work created with polytab material commonly used in murals. These framed paintings serve as a tribute to remembrance and resilience.
Brandon’s Basketball Blooms, sculptural objects made with found basketballs, often evoke the sacred geometry of mandalas or the symbolism of flower blossoms, representing universal connection and renewal. The work invites viewers to engage both physically and psychologically, dismantling barriers between traditional and nontraditional art presented in a 'white-box' gallery.
Coach’s Playbook, prints on paper, juxtaposes basketball playbook diagrams onto courtroom floor plans. Through the layering of these two simple visuals, Donahue-Shipp reminds us of the complex histories that have played out in the American legal system. The prints come in various paper colors in reference to the 20th-century American “Brown Paper Bag Test”.
Brandon J. Donahue-Shipp received his BFA from Tennessee State University and his MFA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has exhibited nationally and internationally at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD; Frist Museum, Nashville, TN; 13th Havana Biennial, Matanzas, Cuba; South Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY; Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA; McKenna Museum, New Orleans, LA; Athica Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA; and many others. He is the recipient of the MSAC Public Art Across Maryland Planning Grant; Tanne Foundation Award, alongside numerous other awards and grants. His work resides in numerous permanent collections including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Metro Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN; Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD; Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN; and more.
ADDITIONAL EVENT | OLD CITY GALLERY WALK / FIRST FRIDAY | Friday, October 4, from 5 to 7:30 PM
The gallery is free and open to the public. For all inquiries, please contact us at mail@pentimenti.com or +1 215.625.9990.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PM, Saturday 12 - 5 PM, or by appointment.