Amewa Allegories Opening Reception

Join us for the opening of Amewa Allegories, where contemporary beauty meets ancestral memory through the transformative power of mark-making. Artist Amewa—”one who sees beauty“—presents a profound meditation on the face as both canvas and archive, exploring how the marks we choose and those we inherit carry deep cultural meaning.

Drawing from traditional African visual languages and modern editorial practice, this exhibition reveals the shared rituals between daily beauty practices and spiritual symbolism. Through cosmetic pigment and paint, each work becomes a vessel for storytelling, identity, and the echoes of generations past.

Experience how a simple gesture—the application of liner or lipstick—can serve as both armor and expression, connecting us to ancestral traditions of power and purpose inscribed on skin.

Come celebrate this beautiful exploration of ritual, identity, and the reverence we hold for transformation.

Amewa Allegories | July 5 – August 15 | Leon Willis
Artist Talk: August 15th

AYE Gallery & Event Studio | 100 E. 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
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