Cant wait for you all to see these pieces in person at
@thearmoryshow . My solo presentation will be at Booth P31 in the Presents section w/
@andrewreedgallery . Make sure to stop by the booth and say hello!
Re: Andrew Reed Gallery
For Cornelius Tulloch’s solo presentation at The Armory — opening this Thursday — the artist traces the history of Marronage in connection to the South Florida Everglades and the Saltwater Railroad: a route to liberation that cut through Florida’s west coast and out across Biscayne Bay, carrying freedom seekers to maroon communities in the Caribbean, most often in the Bahamas.
In South Florida, Marronage calls to mind Seminole communities, freedmen, and Black and Afro-Indigenous peoples who sought refuge in the state’s natural landscapes
-building self-sustaining societies within the wild.
This body of work carries the movement and spirit of masquerade traditions such as Junkanoo, along with other African practices that have traveled through these landscapes, bridging the Caribbean and the U.S. South. Along this journey, the piece speaks to movement, migration, history, and deep rootedness in place. It explores the dance between landscapes and cultures, creating a borderland where identity is always in motion, always in flux. The figure merges with the environment, becoming a humanoid form intertwined with the flora and terrain of these territories.
Visit us at booth P31 in the Presents section.
Image (left to right): Cornelius Tulloch, Glades Guardian:
Midnight Bashment, 2025, oil on canvas, mixed media, 72 x 48 inches (183 × 122 cm); Cornelius Tulloch Glades Guardian:
Full Moon, 2025, oil on canvas, mixed media, 72 x 48 inches (183 x 122 cm). Photography courtesy of Zachary Balber
