Mindy Solomon Gallery

Searching for a sense of belonging in his new home, Kincaid, always a powerful orator, uses his voice to create joyful images that speak to new beginnings. In the image “Living Free and Growing, 2021” the viewer experiences the energy and rejuvenation of a seated figure-presumably a metaphor for Kincaid- with hands reaching upward holding plants and thirsting for knowledge and sustenance, one hand highlighted by a pair of eyes. In “Multiple Minds in Harmony, 2021” we see a large-scale form that resembles a head, but upon investigation is an assemblage of multiple faces. The implication being, that many minds make for productive and joyous convergence. Kincaid writes: Upending the Western image of the artist siloed in mystery, I seek to speak plainly and proudly of the community created through working together, and the inevitable legacy spurred from that. Employing the old adage, “If you want to go fast go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
Perhaps the most telling work in the show is “Learning to Trust in the Infinite Unknown, 2021”. Full of bold abstract forms with a circuitry of stitching bringing the diverse shapes together, there is an energy and optimism within the composition. Framed in the traditional Kente cloth border the image becomes one with the past as well as conveying the sacredness of carrying forth tradition- and being made whole by it.

All in One Feeling is Kincaid’s love song to all that he holds dear- presented with a power and a passion that makes him a driving force in contemporary art today.