To Be Black In White America

Artists Talk: July 24, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

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Confirmed Artists

Wesley Clark
Linda Day Clark
Larry Cook (2016 Janet & Walter Sondheim finalist)
Nehemiah Dixon III
Wayson R. Jones
Wendel Patrick
Stephen Towns
 

About Exhibition

exhibition preview | about the artists

To Be Black in White America explores the politicization of the Black Identity in the United States. From legalized slavery to the most recent, hateful thing that Donald Trump said, a minority of Americans have been desperately and diligently fighting against a White power structure for equality throughout the nation’s relatively short history.

Exclamations comparing today’s events with those of the 1960’s are prevalent—from social media to the May 2015 cover of Time magazine, featuring the Freddie Gray protests. The truth is that we never left the Civil Rights Era completely in the past. Institutional racism and personal vitriol—which we have seen plenty of during the presidential campaigns—have always been present. They crop up when vile words provoke violence or when an act of violence incites protests.

While the subject matter surrounding White power structures is as vast as the Middle Crossing, the artists featured in this exhibition are able to identify and clearly express difficult but highly specific aspects of this struggle.

Galerie Myrtis and this exhibition are part of the 2016 Artscape Gallery Network