Rosxtta Fields Presents His Curatorial Bookmark with Ode to the Anomalous
by Tranae Cearnal
This past First Friday, February 6, Southside Contemporary Art Gallery presented Ode to the Anomalous, a group exhibition and curatorial bookmark by owner and curator Ra-Twoine “Rosxtta” Fields.
Originally written as a poem, Ode to the Anomalous grew into an exhibition rooted in difference, irregularity, and the freedom of not fitting neatly into expectations. Fields describes the show as a pause in his curatorial journey. “I see this exhibition as a curatorial bookmark, a moment to acknowledge where I am before moving forward,” he shared.
Rather than forcing a single interpretation, the exhibition invites viewers to sit with work that exists outside of dominant narratives. “The anomalous isn’t something to fix,” Fields explained. “It’s something to sit with, learn from, and protect.” That philosophy reflects the broader mission of Southside Contemporary Art Gallery as a space that values process, experimentation, and honest dialogue between artists and community.
The exhibit features several artists Fields has worked with over time, including Richmond-born artist James Williams III.
Read Ode to the Anomalous below and visit S.C.A.G. now through March 7.
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this book will never be complete finished done wrapped up finalized will float through whatever we can label as forever see no end to the telling of our stories tall tales to legend very discreetly through history we are its entirety bury us how this is only the beginning a start to no finish run on sentence for us all to overlap outpace what was ever possible we never decided those limits nor any these pages are simply categories I can be lost in you forever this book is a failed attempt at us nonetheless an attempt was made
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