Troy Chew's 'Yadadamean' Solo Exhibition Highlights Bay Area Culture Through Oil-Painted Still Lifes

California born and raised artist Troy Chew is set to premiere Yadadamean, his first solo exhibition of oil paintings at CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions in San Francisco, running October 17 through December 5. The collection highlights the important role Black culture continues to play in shaping mainstream aesthetics while also recognizing the historical exclusion of Blackness in Western art.The showcase is a continuation of Chew's Slanguage series which references colloquialisms rooted in Black...