Nine Moments for Now at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art Outside, in a street-level window, set a bit back from the entrance, are five Karmimadeebora McMillan pieces, all collages and paint on wood. Four of the five pieces are part of McMillan’s Ms Merri Mack series. These reworked […]
CARRIE MAE WEEMS SOLO SHOW IMPRESSES AT BOSTON COLLEGE
Strategies of Engagement at McMullen Museum of Art Our current political storm is exposing how few people (myself included) have a solid knowledge of the history of racism in America. Books like The Strange Career of Jim Crow, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, or Hope in the Dark are replacing the navel-gazing […]
IN THE FRAME
Documentary on the history of black photographers sees New England Premiere at ICA.
IN THE FRAME: DOCUMENTARY ON THE HISTORY OF BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS SEES NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE AT THE ICA
We see that the past can’t be changed, but how we remember it and teach it is controlled by those images we scour and share today, whether they be dug up in an archive or snapped on your cell phone camera.
