KIM DACRES – BLACK MOVES FIRST

Posted on 2021-12-06

In the traditional game of chess, Black moves second, not first. Marked by a strategic disadvantage from the onset, Black involuntarily falls into responsive and defensive play. This extended metaphor becomes inverted with Dacres’ exhibition, Black Moves First, which unveils a powerful composition of eight new sculptures that proffer a novel twist on the timeless game of chess, which, in this version, is devoid of kings, pawns, or male signifiers. Instead, the eight women of the Crown family move first with white, the viewer, to respond.

Opposite – Black Moves First, 2021

Exhibition runs through to January 2nd, 2022

GAVLAK
340 Royal Poinciana Way, Suite M334
FL 33480
Palm Beach

www.gavlakgallery.com