Miracle W.I.P., 2023, 8 channel video, Courtesy of Peres Projects
The Jeonnam Museum of Art presents “Acey-Deucey,” a solo exhibition by Richard Kennedy (b. 1985), on view through June 4. “Acey-Deucey” is the name of the artist’s father’s favorite game, and the exhibition presents 20 paintings along with a new video, Miracle W.I.P.
The exhibition is organized into three rooms. The first room features Miracle W.I.P., which shows the artist’s process of collecting discarded Christmas trees from different houses in his Berlin neighborhood, creating an imaginary forest, and building their own lives; the second room is set up like a classroom in a school; and the third room is a playroom, cozy but oddly configured to capture the viewer’s imagination.
Richard Kennedy is an American-born African-American artist currently living and working in Berlin. He was active in the art world during his childhood and distinguished himself by winning a scholarship to study dance and opera, which became the foundation of his work.
After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City, where he worked on and off in the performing arts and worked in various art spaces and queer clubs without being bound by boundaries or genres, identifying new possibilities for experimentation. Since moving to Berlin in 2019, he has been experimenting with new formats, incorporating his diverse life experiences as a minority into his paintings, sculptures, performances, music, and videos.
