Afuwa, jaz whitford, and Nina Yañez | umbrage

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Afuwa, “Orlando Suite,” no date

acrylic on canvas, 48 in x 48 in (courtesy of the Gallery)

umbrage 

ŭm′brĭj 

noun 

Offense or resentment. 

Shadow or shade. 

Trees or foliage affording shade.

In umbrage, three artists use the concept of shade/shadow and storytelling to reoccupy multiply colonized times and spaces. Afuwa, jaz whitford, and Nina Yañez use ritual and recreation to storytell trauma and joy, centreing nonlinear ways of being and surrounding themselves with the overlapping communities around Centre A. Vulnerable, intimate, and satirical, umbrage is a storytelling and an invitation to step away from the light and into shadow.