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Layo Bright Anacardium occidentalis (Epo cashew); Photo Credit: Rebecca Ou
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Craft Research Fund—Exhibition Grant
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2024
This research supports the first solo museum exhibition of Nigerian sculptor Layo Bright at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Bright’s practice centers narratives of ancestry, feminism, mass migration, and the African diaspora using blown and kiln-formed glass, pottery, and textiles.
Selected works
Layo Bright Anacardium occidentalis (Epo cashew), 2019 Ghana-Must-Go bag, pottery, gele, pigment, wood, mixed media 28 x 23.5 x 18 inches Courtesy of the artist Photo: Rebecca Ou
Layo Bright Bloom in Spring Green & Purple, 2023 Kiln formed glass 21 x 17.5 x 5 inches Courtesy of the artist
Layo Bright The Thorns and the Roses, 2022 Blown, fused, and crushed glass, pump, PVC pipe, water, and mixed media with custom wood pedestal Fountain: 58 1/2 x 22 x 22 inches Pedestal: 2 1/2 x 60 x 60 inches Courtesy of the artist Photo: Robert Heishman
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