2021 MODA Curates highlights underrepresented communities through art at the intersection of aesthetics and cultural history
2021 MODA Curates highlights underrepresented communities through art at the intersection of aesthetics and cultural history Courtesy of / Eileen Barroso, Columbia University Photographer The two exhibits are “AABV: Aestheticizing Anti-Black Violence From Critique to Satire,” curated by Marcus Jamison, GSAS ’21, and “Narrative Thread: Gina Adams and Marie Watt,” curated by Erin Gallagher, GSAS ’21. By Vincent Hou | April 15, 2021, 12:25 AM
The punchy drumming from Leikeli47′s “Tic Boom” music video echoes in the gallery, as an audience lingers in front of Lindsey Brittain Collins’s painting of a Black baby doll sitting against a background of concrete. At the other end of the gallery, colorful suspended quilts covered with patterns inspired by the designer’s Native American heritage, quietly recount a history of grief and betr