A new exhibition at Mint Museum Randolph showcases the works of 25 different artists representing three different Charlotte art collectives, BLKMRKT, Brand the Moth and Goodyear Arts.
/ The Makeover of Progress, a 2019 photograph from SHAN Wallace, shows how a wall meant to divide has actually united a community in Detroit.
There’s a line in the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost that often is repeated as explanation for why everyone needs boundaries and a little distance from others in life: “Good fences make good neighbors.”
Most people have not read the full poem, though. That’s not exactly what Frost meant.
The full prose is printed on the wall at the entrance to the Mint Museum Uptown’s new exhibition, “W|ALLS: Defend, Divide and the Divine,” which opened last week and will be displayed until July 25.
Ruben Natal-San Miguel / Ruben Natal-San Miguel & Postmasters Gallery Mister! Mister! she yelled. Take my photo!
A demand, not a request. Mama had spotted the three cameras hanging from straps around Ruben Natal-San Miguel s neck as he walked around her Bronx neighborhood. Her demand intrigued him. I said absolutely.
Natal-San Miguel likes to photograph people where they live. He calls his pictures environmental portraits. No formal poses. Just a pause, in front of his camera.
Mama stopped by a red truck and crossed her arms. He liked the reflection of a tree on the truck s side. And I just took the photo.