The migrant experience animates Cosmo Whyte’s series, The Enigma of Arrival in 4 Sections, titled in response to Trinidadian writer V.S. Naipaul’s celebrated autobiographical novel, The Enigma of Arrival. The mixed-media installation presented here, which includes three airline seats covered in floral-patterned domestic fabric, sheathed in plastic and crowned with lace doilies, atop a pedestal strewn with broken ceramic plates, is Section 3: Carry On, (referencing both the traveler’s physical and emotional baggage, as well as an injunction to move forward, to adjust to a new world). The juxtaposition of materials is jarring, reflecting the combination of shock, nostalgia, and disorientation that Whyte experienced as an immigrant to the US from Jamaica. ⁠ ⁠ cosmowhyte⁠ #21cMuseum⁠ #21cStillLife⁠ #blackhistorymonth⁠ #21cLouisville⁠ ⁠ Cosmo Whyte ⁠ The Enigma of Arrival in 4 Sections. Section 3: Carry On, 2017 (Detail)⁠ Airline chair, fabric, plastic, broken ceramic plates on⁠ shipping pa...