calli roche
ABOUT | WORKS | EXHIBITIONS
ABOUT
Calli Roche is an American artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Their recent work has evolved from thinking on classism and exceptionalism in the African diasporic community. They are an attempt at the externalization of the tension between innate, inherited, ancestral values and indoctrinated western values; aiming to create space for Black mediocrity as a site of critique, for re-evaluating Black entanglements with capitalism and western ideas of prosperity and expanding our visions of Black futures.
Calli frequently works with reclaimed objects, wood, skins, and textiles. The materials take on different ontological significance in each work yet frequently reference the fraught relationships between violence, identity, and sexuality.
WORKS
Wellness Inc., 2022
Lambskin, poly fill
15 x 15 x 4 in
No rest for the weary, 2022
Reclaimed dining chair, bullet spikes, mini key rings
14 x 17 x 4.75 in
Keep Watch, 2022
Walnut, resin, lambskin, brass
13 x 10 x 4 in
Lay your burdens down, 2022
Printed silk organza, cotton, poly fill
18 x 10 x 4 in
EXHIBITIONS
LatchKey Gallery | 173 Henry Street | info@latchkeygallery.com | 646.213.9070