- January 16, 2025
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The Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens will open a new exhibition on Dec. 12, featuring the works of Miami artist Charles Humes, Jr.
The solo exhibition will showcase Humes' work created between 1985 and 2021, according to a
newsletter by OMAM. Humes’ work “explores the psyche and state of the Black experience," the museum stated. He uses collage-forming, drawing, mixed media, and printing to depict an array of conditions such as healing, love, perseverance, homelessness, depression, gun violence, old age and rites of passage.
"My work is a reflection of my goal to be a visual writer, telling stories about the lives, times, trials and genre of people of color, people who look like me," Humes said in his artist statement. "No matter the subject, style, media or method the unifying mantra in my work is Black life.”
Humes' family comes from the Grand Turks, Exuma, and the Eleuthera Islands of the Bahamas. He has been a professional fine artist for over 40 years.
The opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12. The exhibition will run through Feb. 9, 2025.
