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Remy Jungerman presents Neap Tide, his introductory exhibition at Galerie Ron Mandos. In his work, Jungerman weaves references to modernist abstraction with visual languages connected to the African Diaspora. The artist frequently refers to the rich culture of the Surinamese Maroons who escaped enslavement on the plantations to found their own self-governed communities in the Surinamese rain forest. In their culture and in their religion, Winti, many West-African influences are preserved including the prominent use of abstract geometrical patterns—patterns which the Maroons had been using for …