BLACKSTRACT

Press Release | Installation Images

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TAG Gallery is proud to present Blackstract, an exhibition curated by gallery manager Rakeem Cunningham. The exhibition features the work of Deitra Charles, Patrice Fisher, Andrew Gray, Hasef, David Leggett, Haleigh Nickerson, & Brittney Leeanne Williams. The exhibition will run from January 21 – February 15, with a reception on January 25 from 5-8 PM.

The accomplishments and achievements of black abstract artists are rarely celebrated and are often omitted from mainstream historical conversations that shape our view of the contemporary art canon and landscape. Keeping this in mind, the exhibition aims to combat the false equivalency that work by African American artists must be politically charged. This exhibit explores abstraction, installation, line, color, material, texture, and form as interpreted through the lens of seven different artists with distinct styles and practices. 

The goal of Blackstract is to present black artists as fully realized human beings, not just oppressed bodies whose pain is on the display for the entertainment of the viewer.

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