“The Witching-Other” Exhibition

Art During the Occupation Gallery / Brooklyn Fire Proof

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Rather than reclaim the identity of Witch as to neutralize its’ negative history, these artists celebrate their oppositional identity of “the other”. Witch is empowerment in its’ opposition to mainstream identities. To be “other” is to exist, proudly and defiantly, as an act of resistance to cultural norms. The weight of nonconformity — the existence, perseverance, and power of women, queers, femmes, and the systematically disadvantaged is as much a thing to be cherished as it is feared. Through the resurgence of magic, mysticism, esoterica, and the occult, these artists fearlessly challenge the foundation of what is considered “acceptable.”

This exhibition imagines the contemporary identity of the Witch as the transcendent and ultimate archetype of Otherness.