Deferred Reality: Reimagination of the American Dream | Nikko Washington & Jacob Rochester
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
VSG Contemporary is pleased to present Deferred Reality: Reimagination of the American Dream, a two-person exhibition featuring Nikko Washington and Jacob Rochester.
Both artists explore the intersections of identity, lineage, and representation through portraiture and figuration, their practices unfold across distinct and parallel spectrums, geographically, historically, and spiritually.
Deferred Reality marks the first time their work has been intentionally positioned in dialogue. The exhibition takes its title and conceptual grounding from Langston Hughes’ poem Harlem, which opens with the question, “What happens to a dream deferred?” Here, the American Dream is reimagined as an ongoing performance, one sustained by repetition, endurance, and collective belief. Moving between the everyday and the extraordinary, here the American stage becomes a site of spectacle and reimagination. A place where family histories, collective memory, and mystical visions converge. Between nostalgia and futurism, each artist reclaims the right to dream again.
Opening Celebration: Friday, October 17 from 6-9pm. There is no cost or dress code. Everyone is welcome.
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