Mapping Black Identities Rotation 2 Material 2020 – Artist information
Here is a link to the recorded training session by the Contemporary curatorial staff on Mapping Black Identities,on February 7, 2019:
Please note that at the start, the sound quality is poor. If you are able to listen to it with headphones, turned to the highest, you should be able to hear it.
Here is the lecture PowerPoint:
Mapping Black Identities Presentation_training pdf
Here is the updated checklist of objects in the exhibition:
Mapping Black Identities Checklist
Here are the labels for the objects:
Mapping Black Identities Labels PDF – Press
Here are resources on the films showing in the Black Box:
Mapping Black Identities- 3 Films Presentation Notes and Resources
This is a MPR story on the exhibition:
Black Identities exhibit marks cultural shift for Mia
From our curatorial staff comes a wealth of research documents on the artists represented in the exhibition, linked here below:
Charles Gaines Supporting Docs
Elizabeth Catlett Supporting Docs
J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere Supporting Docs
Joe Overstreet Supporting Docs
Kerry James Marshall Supporting Docs
Kevin Beasley Additional Supporting Doc_ Black Relief
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Supporting Docs
MBI Presentation Training Research Content
Museums are now clamoring for Frank Bowling’s work
From your colleague Jean London, an article on Frank Bowling’s work:
Non-Synchronous Cartographies: Frank Bowling’s Map Paintings
Please note there is a separate post for the rotation, with a video of that gallery training on January 30, 2020. Here is a link to that page.
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