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feature: new exhibit ‘the black woman is god’ crucially illustrates the social activism and creativity following female artists of color
More and more, the intersectionality of race and gender has been the focus for social artists of color. In a new exhibit at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco, CA, curators Karen Seneferu and Melorra Green have gathered over 60 intergenerational, female artists of color, to issue a necessary social commentary and celebration of Black women in art. ‘The Black Woman is God’ features many artists from the Bay Area in particular, offering an organic,intriguing platform for socio-cultural analysis. As one observes each piece, the goal of the exhibit reveals itself, unearthing its ‘movement-building’ origin, and ushering the concept of recognition. Check out more of the powerful exhibit below.
By Cree B. McClellan, AFROPUNK contributor
Karen Seneferu & Idris Hassan
Still from “Hotcomb: The Masquerade“
The New Seal of California
Acrylic
3′ Round
Transmission
Acrylic, charcoal, fabric, watercolor, wood, gold leaf on canvas, 2016
30 x 40″
Sage Stargate
Raw 6
Graphite on paper, 2015
; Lorraine Bonner
MULTI-HUED HUMANITY: WE ARE MORE THAN EVEN WE KNOW
Clay, 2016
21 x 12 x 9
Yetunde Olagbaju
Mammy, Mammy #1
Digital video still
https://www.flickr.com/photos/somarts/sets/72157666057135014/with/27906082821/
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=80f7e02ae79af353b2aeae355&id=ef0e24efd1
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