Narrative works by five artists at El Camino
Zeal Harris with “Funeral Pyre” (dye sublimation on charmeuse). PhotoDismal swamps to urban jungles Narrative paintings by Zeal Harris in “Personal Truth” at El Camino College Years ago I’d catch a taxi to either the Greyhound or Trailways bus depot in downtown Norfolk, and after several hours and several stops (Newport News, Williamsburg, Richmond, etc.), we’d arrive in the heart of the nation’s capital. But the first stop out of Norfolk was always Hampton, a city I hadn’t thought about until this past week when I met with Zeal Harris in the El Camino College Art Gallery. Harris is one of five artists (with Mark Greenfield, Umar Rashid, Lezley Saar, and Frank J. Williams) featured in “Personal Truth,” a spare but engaging exhibition that has its reception tonight (Thursday) from 7 to 9 p.m. Harris grew up in Hampton and attended Hampton University before attending Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating from the latter in 1998 and then moving to L.A. in 2001. She earned her MFA from the Otis College of Art & Design in 2007 and has been making and showing art ever since. In “Personal Truth,” Harris is exhibiting work, digitally printed paintings and drawings on silk…
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