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This “F is For February'' features works by two immensely talented local artists who just so happen to be black, Rodney “BUCK!” Herring and Alanzo Robles-Gordon. With Buck’s impressionist, graphic, and literary influences, and Alanzo’s ability to take separate material and create landscapes and stories, “F is for February '' serves as a cultural collage that gives voice to a range of emotions and experiences lived daily by both, as artists and men. “F is For February'' and these are their stories.
Meet the Artist - Rodney “BUCK!” Herring
@buck_paints
A Baltimore native, Rodney “Buck” Herring, attended Hampton University where he majored in art, and found his voice reading some of the greatest writers of the 20th century. BUCK! Describes his work as, “An ongoing conversation with myself in regards to my many artistic influences gathered from daily life and also from seeking information. My art is often interrupted by my logical thoughts, which are then reinterpreted back into a visual representation of its chaos.” A collage of words and impactful imagery, his work is in a category of its own. With over 25 years of professional experience, Buck delves deep into his own vices in an ongoing journey of spiritual discovery. Buck has successfully managed and designed campaigns for national brands including, Heineken, Adidas, Scion, Boost Mobile, Sprint and Timberland. An accomplished designer, his work was a part of the UNCF evening of stars for which the team won a NAACP image award. His work was featured in the 2019 Netflix movie Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment.
Meet the Artist - Alanzo Robles-Gordon
@aenderspeaks
Alanzo Robles-Gordon is an Afro-Latino artist, who traces his family line to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Born and raised in Arlington, VA, Alanzo currently resides in Southeast Washington DC with his young daughter. As a young child he developed interest in the fine arts through many weekend trips to the Kennedy Centers' Millennium Stage and enumerable tours of the DC Smithsonian Museums. Alanzo received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Alanzo has held solo exhibitions at UDC’s Gallery 42, The Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, (The ARC) in Washington, DC., and has participated in various group shows in the DC metropolitan area. He’s been a guest lecturer at the Laurel Arts Guild and the Montgomery Art Association where he documented the arc of his innovative and unique collage technique. Over the past three years, Alanzo has delved into the public art realm, contributing to several works in the DC area with his most recent work installed in the Takoma Park neighborhood of DC.
This exhibition will be on view through March 8th, 2024