Exhibit at Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery Features Work of Liberian Artist

Yonkers, NY – A Solo show of the work of Doughba Hamilton Caranda- Martin, a Liberian artist who emigrated to New York will be exhibited at the Art Gallery at Yonkers Riverfront Library from December 17, 2011 – February 20, 2012

A celebratory event, in conjunction with Black History Month, free and open to the public, will be held on February 9th from 6-8 P.M. and will feature African teas and desserts from Caranda foods.

Titled “M E N D”, the show is presented by Sarah Lawrence students in an art history seminar “Making History of Non-Western Art History and is sponsored by the Yonkers Library Foundation.

Doughba Hamilton Caranda- Martin’s large scale multimedia pieces work with transglobal themes of love and war, antiquity and modernity, and racial identity. Incorporating traditional Liberian objects with a conceptual agenda, Caranda-Martin uses history as both an abstract and narrative tool for telling the stories of his experience escaping Liberian civil war by traveling to the United States as an adolescent. While Caranda-Martin's work is fiercely personal, his work speaks to a wider audience about the politics of diasporic identity- building amidst political violence. Ranging from intricate hypnotic large scale series to minimal watercolors, Caranda-Martin's body of work is diverse in material and form. The viewer is hit with a complexity of emotional and intellectual revelations about the human condition.

Educated at both the University of Liberia and the School of Visual Arts, Caranda-Martin has exhibited at Stuart Fine Art Gallery, Gale Martin Gallery, and Atmosphere Gallery in NYC. He has lectured at major universities and museums across the U.S. sharing his experience and artistic process. 

In conjunction with Sarah Lawrence College’s Office of Community Partnerships and Service Learning, the class in non-Western art history, taught by Professor Susan Kart, has curated and organized the show as part of an ongoing effort to connect students with the Yonkers community. 

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