# @21chotels on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CXjDV4cNyHp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17440101-21chotels-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-12-16T14:50:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 21c Museum Hotels (@21cHotels) — https://gondola.cc/21cHotels

## Caption

“What was African culture prior to the onset of the major religions? How was it in Ancient Egypt or the Dogon culture of Mali, both with a strong connection to space, an alien connection, and a belief that life comes from beyond Earth? For post-colonial people, the question ‘where did we come from?’ connects to these people from the beginning of time who come from future time.” -Zak Ové ⁠
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Join us at 21cLouisville tomorrow, December 17th for the opening of our newest exhibition (featuring this work) Still, Life! Mourning, Meaning, Mending beginning at 5pm EST.⁠
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More on Skylark and artist Zak Ové:⁠
Ové’s Skylark is a repurposed vintage fairground ride, piloted by a mannequin wearing resin case masks, the exterior embellished with trumpets and acrylic wings. The artist cites the role of oral traditions in the development of diasporic mythologies; without access to images or objects from their African origins, they relied on and combined folkloric stories, enacting a mythic emancipation from documented history, science, and religion. An amalgam of found materials, Skylark is imbued with talismanic power, heading towards an unknown constellation. ⁠
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 Pictured: Zak Ové, Skylark, 2017, Vintage fairground ride, resin case masks and mannequin, acrylic wings, trumpets ⁠
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#ZakOve #StillLife #21cMuseum #21cHotels #contemporaryart #sculpture #⁠
#sharelouisville #howwelou #downtownlouisville

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