Sam Vernon "Think On It - Then Lay It Down For Good"

A.I.R. Gallery

poster for Sam Vernon "Think On It - Then Lay It Down For Good"

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Vernon pays homage to the past and revises the traditional ghost story, addressing questions of postcoloniality, racialization, and historical memory. By means of the machine, text-inspired images are construed into rich black lines against white pages, she interprets such themes as violence, cultural exile, detachment, womanhood, sexuality, and the psychology of blackness. Think On It-Then Lay It Down For Good is longing, fear and memory translated onto fragile sheets. Ghosts congeal and bodies form in dark corners and hang about whispering until the inflection of their voices can be heard among the living.

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from March 31, 2011 to April 23, 2011

Opening Reception on 2011-03-31 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Sam Vernon

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