Gee Horton’s Chapter 4: In Another Lifetime
April 24 – August 30
Contemporary Arts Center
Price Varies
See Gee Horton’s Chapter 4: In Another Lifetime at the Contemporary Arts Center from April 24 through August 30.
Gee Horton’s Chapter 4: In Another Lifetime unfolds across two galleries of the CAC, continuing a new chapter of an ever-evolving body of work.
Through large-scale photorealist drawings, photography, collage, video, and installation, Horton reflects on Black masculinity, generational memory, and childhood, exploring themes of safety, vulnerability, and the fragile boundary between freedom and protection.
In his preceding work—Chapter 3: Be Home Before the Streetlights…—Horton examined the call to return home. Chapter 4: In Another Lifetime descends into what we inherit once we arrive.
This narrative-driven exhibition features Horton’s loosely autobiographical account of the struggles of Freeman Little, a 37-year-old Black man living with Guent Bu Wa, a rare hereditary sleep disorder that causes vivid, prophetic dreams.
In this premier of Chapter 4, we see shifts in the scale and viewpoint of Horton’s artistic practice. Through immersive sculptural assemblages, symbolic iconography, and his beloved meticulously drawn figures, Horton weaves a dreamlike account of the consequences of intergenerational trauma, cultural legacy, and the rupture of colonial inheritance. The narrative unfolds within a cosmology where memory refuses erasure and the past presses insistently into the present.
Horton’s large-scale works employ photorealist graphite drawings with cyanotype (a blue-toned photographic printing process) to imagine absorbing visual imagery shaped by dream logic. In these new works ruptured histories resurface, and inheritance demands witness. Horton invites presence instead of closure, knowing some feelings are too big to explain away or resolve. They simply need holding.
Admission to Gee Horton’s Chapter 4: In Another Lifetime
Members: Free
Kids 18 and under: Free
General Admission: $12
SNAP/EBT Recipients: Free
Associated Events
ArtsWave’s Circle: An Evening with Gee Horton
May 13, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Artist talk at 6:30 p.m., exhibition viewing 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Contemporary Arts Center (Downtown)
Free Admission
Enjoy complimentary light bites and drinks in the company of leaders who champion African American artistry and gain a deeper understanding of Horton’s artistic processes through an intimate artist talk with Horton before viewing his stunning new exhibition, Chapter 4: In Another Lifetime.
About Gee Horton
Gee Horton is a Cincinnati-based, self-taught artist whose multidisciplinary practice uses drawing, photography, collage, film, and installation to explore portraiture, memory, and the emotional inheritance of Black life. Working primarily in charcoal and graphite, Horton produces highly detailed photorealistic images that explore Black interiority, memory, and cultural identity. His work often merges documentary observation with narrative imagination, forming visual worlds where personal memory intersects with collective history.
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Contemporary Arts Center Venue Details
Gallery Hours
Monday – Tuesday: Galleries are closed
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Parking
Public garage parking and limited, metered street parking are available nearby. Use Cincy EZ Park as appropriate. Arrive using Cincinnati METRO.
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Gee Horton, In Another Lifetime, 2025, Photograph. Image courtesy of the artist.
