{"id":240522,"date":"2024-10-14T15:02:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=240522"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:02:28","slug":"jomo-tariku-juxtaposed-exhibit-at-wexler-gallery","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/jomo-tariku-juxtaposed-exhibit-at-wexler-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience Jomo Tariku\u2019s Debut Solo Show ‘Juxtaposed’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A rendering of the Meedo plywood wall sculpture, 2024. Photography courtesy of Jomo Tariku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 14, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Experience Jomo Tariku\u2019s Debut Solo Show ‘Juxtaposed’<\/h1>\n\n\n

Jomo Tariku has come a long way\u2014literally and figuratively. Born in Kenya and raised in Ethiopia, he came to the U.S. to study industrial design at the University of Kanas, launching his first furniture studio in Washington, DC in 2000, then relaunching it in 2016. A year later, we met him at ICFF in New York where he was debuting his modular Birth II chair; acquisitions of his pieces by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, LACMA, and Denver Art Museum\u2014and their appearance on 2022\u2019s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/em> set\u2014soon followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fall, Tariku<\/a> is the subject of his first-ever solo exhibition, \u201cJuxtaposed,\u201d at Wexler Gallery<\/a> in Philadelphia. In keeping with the tradition of most material artists in Ethiopia, Tariku\u2019s work has historically been done in wood (birch, walnut). But this exhibition, which includes 31 pieces, seven of them never before seen, including the 22-foot-tall Meedo wall sculpture, explores new technologies and materials, such as metal, plastic, and leather, but that still relate to his heritage. \u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of the past and the present,\u201d Tariku says, \u201ca contribution to a positive cultural experience, a new creative language based on Black culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2023 walnut Meedo bench is appearing in \u201cJuxtaposed,\u201d Jomo Tariku\u2019s solo exhibition at Wexler Gallery in Philadelphia, from October 10 to December 20. Photography courtesy of Wexler Gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A rendering of the Meedo plywood wall sculpture, 2024. Photography courtesy of Jomo Tariku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Boraati stool, birch with natural finish, has been modified in 2024. Photography courtesy of Jomo Tariku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Ashanti stool, birch in black finish, has been modified in 2024. Photography courtesy of Jomo Tariku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Meedo chair in bronze, 2023. Photography courtesy of Wexler Gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n