Welancora Gallery is pleased to present Ethos, a solo exhibition of new work by Aisha Tandiwe Bell on view at 33 Herkimer Street in Brooklyn, NY. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, March 12, 2026 from 6:00–8:00pm. The exhibition will remain on view through May 9, 2026.
Ethos marks Aisha Tandiwe Bell’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. The works on view utilize clay, wood, handmade paper, cloth, twine and acrylic paint. This new body of work is a continuation of the themes explored in her first two shows with the gallery, Conjure (2017) and Akin (2020), which presented the concept of conscious inanimate objects existing across multiple realms and identities concurrently.
Bell’s subjects have heads that emerge from painted wooden panels, while their bodies remain trapped in their two dimensional planes. These figures possess a degree of vitality and authority as they extend out of the frame, monitoring the world from their protruded positions. Their simultaneous existence across multiple planes relates to their fragmented, shape-shifting, and hyphenated identities. Bell’s work investigates this multiplicity as an example of the human condition: How does one reconcile conflicting social philosophies regarding how we treat one another? How does the desire to effect change coincide with the persistent ethos of greed, destruction, and even indifference? Above all, are we truly aware of these concurrencies and how they drive us to act?
