FROHAWK TWO FEATHERS THE EDGE OF THE EARTH ISN'T FAR FROM HERE - Stevenson Gallery

Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, Exhibition Catalogue, 2011, softcover illustrated, 36 pages, full page colour fine art imagery, 21.2 cms x 19.7 cms, condition: as new.

This catalogue accompanies the first solo exhibition in South Africa by American artist Frohawk Two Feathers. Through wildly imaginative and detailed drawings, Two Feathers reimagines colonial history, using the fictional Empire of Frengland as the driving force in his global narrative.. 

Frohawk Two Feathers.has unearthed events in a Cape Colony of 1792, where a lone Frenglish garrison - unaware of recent shifts in power 'back home' - finds itself threatened by a Batavian invasion. The drawings - of the key characters, the battle scene, a map of the territory and 'scenes from the veld' - are accompanied by a detailed narrative written by the artist.

Frohawk Two Feathers has a gift. In his paintings and illustrations, he weaves a story that keeps his audience riveted and on their toes. Frangland? Is that a tiny forgotten island in the Caribbean? What about Batavia? That's a little country nestled somewhere in Northern or Eastern Europe, right? No, neither of those places exist, they're both instances of Frohawk Two Feathers creating fictional worlds through his art. With his singular voice, Frohawk creates luscious and highly detailed artwork, breathing fresh air into contemporary art's stuffy climate. Born Umar Rashid in Chicago in 1976, he one day began looking into his own heritage and was disappointed at the meager information he uncovered. So, he started inventing his own ancestry. This then informed his work, in which he weaves actual history and fabricated history together to create an original narrative dealing with issues of colonialism and imperialism.