Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition [New York]

One of Trendland’s favorite, hyper-realistic artist, Cj Hendry’s eighth solo show, Blonde will exhibit large-scale, meticulous pencil drawings of multicolored wigs in a two-part presentation format at Brookfield Place in downtown New York from December 10- 12.

Hinged on Hendry’s fascination with the transformative nature of wigs, Blonde sets out to articulate the intricacies of the physical and emotional relationship between a wig and its wearer, whether it be necessity, adornment, costume, or armor.

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“Blonde is an exploration of wigs as visual language—self-expression, actualization, or façade. There is an undeniable interwovenness between identity, ego and appearance, which is never fixed!” Hendry says. “Wigs, in their transformational impermanence support this fluidity, and the duality between one’s inner and outward self, and how we choose to show up in the world, in varying contexts and iterations. There isn’t another physical object I have drawn, that has the same physical and emotional transformational power.”

Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

Blonde further extends Hendry’s signature of colliding mediums, leading guests through a speakeasy secret door to reveal a retro-kitsch barber shop, where visitors are encouraged to don one of the 5000 wigs in 200 styles—a take home, keepsake. By donning wigs, guests will undergo their own metamorphose, as they contemplate the deeper meaning behind the art works.

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Located at Brookfield Place – December 10, 11 and 12, Hendry says “I am so thrilled to be exhibiting Blonde at Brookfield Place because they are so supportive of the arts. Not only do they have permanent collections on view, but they exhibit new artists all year long.”

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Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

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Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

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Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

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Cj Hendry Latest “Blonde” Exhibition Starts Tomorrow [New York]

The show itself, initiates in a pop-up chocolate shop, stocked with custom Blonde x Tony’s Chocolonely’s chocolate bars in aptly name hair colors and styles, created by Hendry exclusively for the three-day exhibition.

INFO
Where: Brookfield Place
230 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281
When: Open to the public December 10, 11 and 12. 10am – 6pm.
Fee: Free
Donation: 100% of the chocolate sale profits will be donated to Ali Forney Center, an organization that supports LGBTQ youth in NYC
Chocolate bars: Available exclusively at the Blonde pop-up chocolate shop, RRP; $10.
Covid-19: Visitors must show proof of vaccination.

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