Exhibitions
Devan Shimoyama, We Named Her Gladys
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd
23 March - 18 May 2019
Kavi Gupta presents We Named Her Gladys a solo exhibition of new work by Devan Shimoyama. We Named Her Gladys is a bold new body of painting and sculpture inspired by his evolving connections to identity, ancestry, community, and the definition of home.
Devan Shimoyama, We Named Her Gladys
03.23.2019 — 05.18.2019
Kavi Gupta presents a solo exhibition of new work by Devan Shimoyama, whose recent debut museum exhibition, Cry, Baby, at the Andy Warhol Museum, was acclaimed by The New York Times, GQ, Hyperallergic, and many other critical voices. For his inaugural solo exhibition at Kavi Gupta, Shimoyama presents a bold new body of painting and sculpture inspired by his evolving connections to identity, ancestry, community, and the definition of home.
Shimoyama recently became a first time homeowner, purchasing a 1926 Craftsman home in the borough of Brentwood on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Says Shimoyama, “The house is made of a classic, golden yellow brick that was developed in Pittsburgh. It’s a very Pittsburgh house.” Since moving in, tiny moments of discovery both inside and outside of the house have pulled Shimoyama backwards in time, moving him to grapple with the mythos of ownership, the discovery of secrets, and the ways history intertwines and negotiates with the present. Says Shimoyama, “This body of work has grown out of me thinking about how significant and important it is to own where you live; to maintain and tend to it. Many young people, especially young people of color, shy away from home ownership. This is negative in a lot of ways.”
