Jeffrey Meris Exhibition Engages Haitian-American Poet Assotto Saint's Legacy
François Ghebaly New York is hosting Jeffrey Meris's first solo show at its Lower East Side location. Titled Assotto:ottossA, the exhibition creates a dialogue with the late Haitian-American poet and AIDS activist Assotto Saint. Meris, an artist of Haitian origin, employs sculpture, installation, and other media to connect temporal, geographical, and cultural narratives. Saint was influential in New York's Black Gay arts scene during the 1980s and early 1990s, incorporating Haitian spiritual themes into his work on queer identity and activism.
Key facts
- Jeffrey Meris's debut solo exhibition is at François Ghebaly New York
- The show is titled Assotto:ottossA
- It references Haitian-American poet and activist Assotto Saint
- Meris uses sculpture, installation, and other multidisciplinary approaches
- Saint was a key figure in 1980s-1990s Black Gay cultural movements in New York
Entities
Artists
- Jeffrey Meris
- Assotto Saint
Institutions
- François Ghebaly New York
Locations
- New York
- Lower East Side
- Haiti