Terry Adkins, Nsenga Knight,
Hank Willis Thomas, Nari Ward,
Carrie Mae Weems
ANUARY 27 – MAY 15, 2015
RECEPTION: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 6:30PM
SPECIAL EVENT: NSENGA KNIGHT, X SPEAKS MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE LECTURE WITH Q&A,THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 | 6PM
CURATED BY GINNY KOLLACK
UNDER COLOR OF LAW brings together works by five acclaimed African American artists to catalyze important conversations about race, privilege, speech, and historical memory. The exhibition’s title refers to the legal term for the appearance of authority that covers the actions of police or other government figures, whether those actions are lawful or not. Though it responds to a national climate of rising tensions regarding the relationships between law enforcement and minority communities, Under Color of Law proposes a wider angle of view — one shaped not only by the quick conclusions of viral media, but by layers of historical context. The works in the exhibition evoke the activism of W.E.B Du Bois, the final speeches of Malcolm X, the legacy of Jim Crow, the marches from Selma to Montgomery, or the disturbing bureaucracy of “stop-and-frisk,” with all pointing to the same essential dilemma—how should individuals respond to their perception of injustice?
Please visit the Berman Museum’s new website at www.ursinus.edu/berman for the most up-to-date schedule of public programs accompanying Under Color of Law.
ABOVE:
image: Nari Ward, Suspect on Ground, 2012.
Wood, magnets, nylon, and printed fleece blankets,
Courtesy of the artist and Lehman Maupin, New York and Hong Kong.
Photo: Gregory La Rico.
image: Nari Ward, Suspect on Ground, 2012.
Wood, magnets, nylon, and printed fleece blankets,
Courtesy of the artist and Lehman Maupin, New York and Hong Kong.
Photo: Gregory La Rico.
The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College
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