Kim Dacres: Lost on a Two Way Street expands her signature practice of reclaimed tire sculpture into new busts, medallions, and flag works that reckon with the relentless assault on universal rights over the past eighteen months. Classical busts — historically reserved for figures of authority — honor the Black and Brown women of Harlem's uptown life, with elaborate rubber buns and braiding exalting the care invested in self-presentation amid harsh conditions. A new "Flaggish" series responds to Jelani Cobb's writing on contingent citizenship, flags fraying at the seams with anonymous faces replacing stars. Stevie Wonder's "As" provides the emotional compass throughout.
