Nina Chanel Abney Highlights the Black Fishing Community at Henry Art Gallery

Acclaimed American artist Nina Chanel Abney unveiled a new solo exhibition at the University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery.Located at the institution's Seattle campus, Fishing Was His Life presents a series of prints and paintings inspired by the culture and commerce of fishing within the African American community. Hidden beneath her deceptively simple geometric planes, Abney explores themes pertaining identity, politics, race and sexuality, particularly within coastal fisheries and the str...