Kriss Munsya's Eraser explores race and identity, at Pendulum Gallery to February 26
Photographs with bold colours and patterned props speak to a Black man’s experience, identity
Kriss Munsya, The Mask. Dark Side of the Moon, the Eraser, 2020
The Eraser by Kriss Munsya runs at Pendulum Gallery (885 West Georgia Street) to February 26.
KRISS MUNSYA IS a Vancouver-based photographer, graphic designer, and filmmaker who was born in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and raised in a predominantly white environment in Brussels.
Having experienced a childhood marked by trauma and discrimination, he explores race, gender, and identity in vivid colour in his new photograph series, The Eraser.
Kriss Munsaya, Dreams Tonite. Highway Reflection, the Eraser, 2020.
“The Eraser juxtaposes experiences of the past with desires of the future,” Munsya says in his artist’s statement. “It is a story of change and transformation that centres a Black man revisiting experiences that have been normalized in critical reflection of internalized supremacy. Things that at the time he thought were normal now have new meaning and he wants to share the lessons within.”
The Eraser is running simultaneously at the Oarbt gallery in London, England.
The exhibition is sponsored by Downtown Vancouver BIA and HCMA Architecture + Design. More information is at Pendulum Gallery.
Kriss Munsaya, Oasis. Black Mirror, the Eraser, 2020.
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