Amartey Golding's first solo exhibition in Canada features three films: Chainmail 3, 2018, from his Chainmail series, and Bring Me to Heal 1 and 2, 2021. These moving-image works are accompanied by two sculptures, which are garments seen in the films, as well as photographs that elaborate on the imagery and narratives in the projections.
The selection of works in this exhibition reveals Golding's engagement with intimacy, vulnerability, and physical strength. Using his mixed heritage and his family history as a starting point, the artist documents his introspective process of identifying and understanding the fundamental unifying themes of humanity:fear, love, care for kin, dreams, and desires. By incorporating particular materials, movements, sounds, and oral storytelling, he exposes viewers to his artistic process—a communal act that pushes all those involved to imagine beyond what they believe they are capable of. Both the making and the witnessing ofGolding's works serve as a form of healing from generational trauma, while the works themselves interrogate its origins.
Press release courtesy The Power Plant.