ZORA J MURFF, THE DEVIL HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
Presented at the University of Dayton: Roger Glass Center for the Arts Gallery, 2024
“Continuing his fierce and open questioning of racial and cultural constructs, Zora J Murff presents a new exhibition of artworks titled The Devil Hiding in Plain Sight. In this collection of collages, Murff uses methodologies of enlightened witnessing and appropriation to demonstrate how a global conspiracy of anti-Black genocide has existed and continues to persist through systemic oppression.
Artist Diamond Stingily said, “I think violence is a part of every day for a lot of people. To not live in violence is a privilege.” This is a real political stance, not a radical one. Murff asks all attendees of this exhibition to confront their complicity in perpetuating violent anti-Black agendas. To Black viewers specifically, Murff encourages an urgent development and promotion of intellectual and physical self-defense against ideologies and agents of white supremacy.” - UOD
Read Zora’s interview with Art Papers