GODBODY: The Femme | Curated by Ty Davis
Curator Statement:
There’s a certain kind of power that only gets called dangerous when it lives in a Black woman’s body.
GODBODY: The Femme is a celebration but it isn’t a feel-good celebration or a string of affirmations. It’s fourteen artists sitting down together to wrestle with what it means to live in a body that’s been policed, preached over, sexualized without permission, and expected to hold everyone else up while being treated like it doesn’t matter.
These artists, Kela, Samira, Kanish, Kalah, Jada, Tiana, Nathalie, Kei, Denise, Antonette, Christine, Skigh, Desiree, and Barinwa all come from different worlds and different practices, but they all share one stubborn refusal: they won’t make themselves smaller to make other people comfortable.
West Gallery | May 21-July 11 | Opening Reception: May 21 from 5:30-8:30 p.m.