UMASS Augusta Savage Art Gallery – Breathing While Black Exhibition
Featuring works by over 50 artists from 17 countries, Breathing While Black is a juried digital visual art exhibition, inviting international response to the recent and ongoing slaughter of Black Americans. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic when the world suffers from the physical and psychological devastation of this plague, not only have Black people in the U.S. been disproportionately affected, but they also continue to be victims of hateful brut force: The police kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging, and of Breonna Taylor in her own home. These are only too reminiscent of the earlier murders of Eric Garner, Philando Castile, and Trayvon Martin. All are symbolic of a 400-year pattern. The countries represented by our bold and talented exhibiting artists including South Africa, Guyana, Chile, Mauritania, Haiti, Yugoslavia, Iran, Nigeria, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, England, Cameroon, India, Togo, Dominican Republic, and U.S.
Participating Artists: Marie Medjine Antoine, Aileen Bassis, Matthew Bollinger, William Burton Jr., Alexandra Buxbaum, Ronaldo Byrd, Robert Castagna, Kikiya Kiara Basilio Crisostomo, Stanwyck Cromwell, Abdoul-Ganiou Dermani, Barry Olusegun-Noble Despenza, Ana Diaz, Kay Douglas, Danielle Demetria East, Madge Evers, Sepideh Faramarzi, Soroush Farzin, Christopher Fluder, Maura Freeman, Chelvanaya B. Gabriel, Alen Ilijic, Jazzmin Imani, Ryan Jae, Pallavi Jain, Capt. James V, Mutòpe j. johnson, ken kamara, Carlie Mackenzie Kempf, Robert A. Ketchens, Sarah Landrum, Jesse Lane, Saleh Lo, Sherwin Long, James Loveless Jr., Murk Malik, Cecilia Martinez, Jabulani Maseko, Scott Mayberry, Kirk Maynard, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Jason Montgomery, Steven Montinar, Terresa Moses, Jeff Musser, Juan Alberto Negroni, Nkosikhona Ngcobo, Ini Oluwa, Andre Pace, Carol Peebles, Thomas Pickarski, Dhan Prasad, Kelly Reilly, Emad Salehi, Gigi Salij, Keith Shepherd, Rochelle Shicoff, Shori Sims, Sarah Sipling, Whitney Stanley, Christine Keator Steele, Laura Sturtz, Christopher Sullivan, Eesha Suntai, L.G. Talbot, Oyelade Oyewole Tayo, B’Rael Thunder, Ines Tolentino, T. Owens Union, Betsy van Die, Sam Wallace, Eddie Watkins, Lisa Whittington, Taylor N Wilson, Andrew Wohl, Hilary Zetler, Dara Herman Zierlein
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| You Are Respectfully Cautioned • Digital Art • 16"W x 20"H |
