Yashua Klos, Genevieve, 2024. Courtesy of the Artist.
Yashua Klos is featured in the group exhibition Stop & Stare at UTA Artist Space in Atlanta, on view through May 4, 2024. Curated by interdisciplinary artist Genevieve Gaignard, Stop & Stare brings together an eclectic group of talent working across a wide range of disciplines who speak to the revelations that surface beyond first glance, both visually and thematically.
The thematic core of Stop & Stare is centered around an experience that explores differences in perceived realities and illusions, encouraging viewers to take a closer look as more profound ideas are revealed—leaving one both disoriented and comforted in the “un-knowing” of how much distance lies between truth and perception. Stop & Stare will create an environment where the audience are not only observers, but active participants.
Yashua Klos, known for his elaborate collage work incorporating woodblock print technique, delves into the concept of Black identity through complex portraiture. His work repositions the Black figure as ever changing and transformative, navigating the nature of existence through a historical, mythical, and personal lens, as characterized in his latest piece Genevieve, in which the curator/artist becomes muse.
To learn more about Stop & Stare at UTA Artist Space, click here.