Foreward
Victor L . Davson , Founding Director
The late Claudine Brown helped me to appreciate the unique value of small art groups as feeder institutions within a larger ecosystem . Guest curator Grace Aneiza Ali fills me with great pride as we gave her the same opportunity we gave the now international renowned curator Okwui Enwezor over three decades ago – a first curatorial endeavor to provide a platform for a community of artists who have been largely marginalized .
Un | Fixed Homeland is rigorous in its scope . It is a thoughtful framing of objects with a deep and sustained relationship to a broader discourse in contemporary art and culture . Indeed , Un | Fixed Homeland was well received in the art press .
The thirteen artists in the exhibition demonstrated a more compelling command of their formal means than I usually experience in an exhibition of this kind . The effective exhibition design of Joey Rizzolo juxtaposing photography , painting , collage , video , and installation , weaved a metaphor of place , which resonated with the trauma of global migration in our time .
We are grateful to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for supporting the research for Un | Fixed Homeland with a curatorial fellowship . Many thanks to Merrill Lynch and Aljira Trustee Pat Bell for sponsoring the closing reception and dinner . Without the tireless striving of Aljira ’ s staff this project would not have been possible .
Keisha Scarville Untitled ( detail ), from the series , i am here , 2013 Archival digital print 24 x 24 in . Courtesy of the artist
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