Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
Talle Bamazi, Christopher Burk, and Jason Morgan receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards. Individual Excellence Awards are recognition of artists’ bodies of work that exemplify specific disciplines and advance the larger creative community. These awards support artists' growth and development and recognize their work in Ohio and their cultural influence beyond the state.
The Father of Flying Calabashes (Le Père des Calebasses Volantes): Select Works by Bamazi Talle
8/28/2021
This exhibition celebrates the recent works of Columbus-based artist Bamazi Talle. The paintings on display center around the calabash, a gourd important to his Togolese heritage. Cultivated in West Africa for thousands of years as an essential crop, the calabash has spiritual and cultural significance to many. Talle injects his own deeply personal associations with the calabash to reflect on loss, rebirth, and the COVID-19 pandemic.