SPANDITA MALIK, JĀḶĪ—MESHES OF RESISTANCE
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

SPANDITA MALIK, JĀḶĪ—MESHES OF RESISTANCE

The artist expands upon her photographic series Nā́rī, a project that she began as a graduate student at Parsons School of Design in 2019. For Nā́rī, she traveled to small communities in India known for their distinct embroidery styles and places where women learn handicraft to gain financial independence…

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SHIRIN NESHAT, THE FURY
PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM Megan Christiansen

SHIRIN NESHAT, THE FURY

The Fury, comprising a double-channel video installation and a series of black and white photographs. Shot in June 2022, The Fury seeks to capture the Zeitgeist: a sense of foreboding and dread sparked by the resurgence of fascism that we are witnessing…

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NONA FAUSTINE, MY COUNTRY
PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING Megan Christiansen

NONA FAUSTINE, MY COUNTRY

In “My Country,” Faustine confronts and interrogates iconic American monuments, such as the Lincoln Memorial and the Statue of Liberty, using her camera to reframe conventional, colonialist perspectives, and reinserting some of the truth and trauma behind these memorialized spaces…

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MICHÈLE PEARSON CLARKE, SUCK TEETH COMPOSITIONS, 2018
INSTALLATION, FILM Megan Christiansen INSTALLATION, FILM Megan Christiansen

MICHÈLE PEARSON CLARKE, SUCK TEETH COMPOSITIONS, 2018

This three-channel video and sound installation presents a choral symphony structured around the everyday Caribbean oral gesture of sucking teeth. Referred to variously as kiss teeth, steups, chups, and stchoops, to suck teeth is to produce a sound by sucking in air through the teeth, while pressing the tongue against the upper or lower teeth, with the lips pursed or slightly flattened…

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KHADIJA SAYE, DWELLING: IN THIS SPACE WE BREATHE
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

KHADIJA SAYE, DWELLING: IN THIS SPACE WE BREATHE

The series was created out of the artist’s personal need for spiritual grounding after experiencing trauma. This work is based on the search for what gives meaning to our lives and what we hold onto in times of despair and life changing challenges. We exist in the marriage of physical and spiritual remembrance...

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ASIA STEWART, LA NÉGRESSE BLANCHE
PERFORMANCE Megan Christiansen PERFORMANCE Megan Christiansen

ASIA STEWART, LA NÉGRESSE BLANCHE

La Négresse blanche is a six hour performance that marks the beginning of Stewart's Graft series. The piece is titled after Mayotte Capecia’s book of the same name and draws off of selections from Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks…

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VANESSA CHARLOT, BLACK WOMAN'S SHADOW
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

VANESSA CHARLOT, BLACK WOMAN'S SHADOW

In America, she lives in a perpetual state of trauma. To survive, she moves performatively through life, without processing her anguish. She symbolizes what has become the American norm—grieving, coping and healing in the shadows while carrying the burden that is one’s Blackness…

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AMBER N. FORD, MISTAKEN IDENTITY, 2018
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

AMBER N. FORD, MISTAKEN IDENTITY, 2018

The series, Mistaken Identity, shown in the group exhibition A Color Removed, tackles the question, “Who has the right to safety?” by presenting a collection of images of everyday objects that have been mistaken as weapons and led to the deaths of people of color at the hands of law enforcement officers…

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SANDRA BREWSTER, ROOTS, 2021-2022
PHOTOGRAPHY, INSTALLATION Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY, INSTALLATION Megan Christiansen

SANDRA BREWSTER, ROOTS, 2021-2022

In her outdoor photographic installation, Roots, Toronto-based artist Sandra Brewster explores the long history of Black presence in the urban wilderness. Developed during her tenure as Koerner Artist in Residence at Evergreen Brick Works, the photographs document the area’s plant life, greeting visitors as they explore the valley…

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IMANI DENNISON AND LATETRA METTS-OWENS, NAKED TRUTH
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

IMANI DENNISON AND LATETRA METTS-OWENS, NAKED TRUTH

In the series titled “Naked Truth,” a collaboration between fine artist Latetra Metts-Owens and Photographer, Imani Dennison, explores the truth behind people naked selves. In phase one of this project, subjects were interviewed and recorded on film, revealing things about themselves that were both uncomfortable and secret…

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FINA MIRALLES, RELACIONS, RELACIÓ DEL COS AMB ELEMENTS NATURALS. EL COS COBERT DE PALLA, 1975
PERFORMANCE Megan Christiansen PERFORMANCE Megan Christiansen

FINA MIRALLES, RELACIONS, RELACIÓ DEL COS AMB ELEMENTS NATURALS. EL COS COBERT DE PALLA, 1975

Her practice reconfigures the concept of the artistic, within the multiplicity of attitudes that blur what traditional historiography had encompassed under the heading of Conceptual art. The history of art has ascribed Miralles’ production to the Conceptual, Land art or even feminism, without attending to the breadth and complexity of her ideas, which challenge the limits of those labels…

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KENNEDI CARTER, RIDIN’ SUCKA FREE
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

KENNEDI CARTER, RIDIN’ SUCKA FREE

Ridin’ Sucka Free is a series that came about during conversations surrounding Black life in relation to horsemanship and agriculture. Pop culture’s interest in Black cowboys quickly rose following the release of Lil Nas X’s song Old Town Road…

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WHITNEY HUBBS, SELECT WORKS
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

WHITNEY HUBBS, SELECT WORKS

My work is born out of looking and being engaged with both past and contemporary photography. It is also born out of unique, individual experiences. The work I’ve encountered lately has been looking at itself in the mirror, and now I’m looking at myself in the mirror per se. A personal kind of self-reflection…

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