Curatorial Statement

The Watchers: Ancestral Sentinels presents portraits and sculptural forms as guardians—figures who stand at the threshold between memory and becoming. Drawing from the visual languages of Imo Nse Imeh and Patrick Dougher, the exhibition positions the Black figure not as subject alone, but as sentinel: a witness to history, a protector of culture, and a guide for future generations.

These works exist in liminal space. They hover between abstraction and realism, past and present, material and spiritual. The figures do not shout; they endure. Their presence is quiet but unyielding, embodying the strength of ancestral watchfulness—an ever-present force that safeguards identity, history, and spiritual continuity.

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Harlem Fine Art Show - NYC

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