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LOOK AT ME: GLAMOUR AND THE BLACK BODY
In a lecture with Sadiya Hartman, artist Arthur Jaffa proposes the idea that black people have had to, for centuries, “Glamour” themselves to gain access to hostile environments. The word glamour refers to the quality of something being exciting, appealing, and even mag... more >> What does it mean to glamour? What must a body do in order to be seen by an indifferent world? These questions are essential to this exhibition titled Look at me: Glamour and The Black Body, which gathers the work of 3 black artists who grapple with the question of self-representation, visibility, and performance.
In a lecture with Sadiya Hartman, artist Arthur Jaffa proposes the idea that black people have had to, for centuries, “Glamour” themselves to gain access to hostile environments. The word glamour refers to the quality of something being exciting, appealing, and even magical. In the works of Artists Lorraine O’Grady (b.1934, Boston MA), Naudline Pierre (b.1989, Leominster, MA), and E. Jane (b.1990, Bethesda, MD), The black body must perform and fight to be seen as something worthy of perception. In doing so these artists have created their own spaces, where they can be as visible as they desire, free from the rules and judgment of the outside world.
