Rian (Raven) Crane (@venus_az_boi) reviews the explorations of land and body relations through mythmaking in Beverly Buchanan and Dionne Lee's joint exhibition "Divination" at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (@camhouston), Houston.

"Divination is burgeoning and ongoing, a Sankofa, conjuring return, ruins and sites becoming referential, an allegory for space beyond traditional exploitative landscape art. The onlooker’s sights are cast down and upward, “[…] close to the ground, forgoing horizon lines, and sweeping vistas […]” The sauntering granular wearing away over time of Buchanan’s temporal works, like 'Marsh Ruins' (1981), alongside Lee’s contemporary photos, collages, and videos, reify Black land relations, no matter how complex, highlighting the artists’ seer-seeing opacities that are rooted from Black spiritual and ancestral practice." Read more from the review at the link in bio. "Divination: Beverly Buchanan and Dionne Lee" is on view at Contemporary Art Museum of Houston (CAMH) (@camhouston) through February 14, 2027. — 1. Dionne Lee, "Challenger Deep", 2019, single channel video (black and white, silent); 19:47 minutes. Image courtesy of the artist and Petra Bibeau, New York.2. Beverly Buchanan, "Cherry Blossom Festival Ocmulgee River Happening" (still), 1982, Super 8 transferred to video (color, silent); 8:45 minutes. Beverly Buchanan papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Image courtesy of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. 3. Installation view of "Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee" at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2026. Image courtesy Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Photo: Alex Barber.