Organized in conjunction with our forthcoming exhibition LaToya Ruby Frazier: Monuments of Solidarity, this Forum on Contemporary Photography brings together a diverse range of artists, curators, and cultural theorists to celebrate the expressions of creativity, mutual support, intergenerational collaboration, and community organization that persist within—and endeavor to transform—asymmetrical systems of power. Frazier’s photographic installations, which she calls “monuments for workers’ thoughts,” act as a model for an art of solidarity, but the term “monument” does not denote mere commemoration or the static remembrance of the past. In this context, it signifies a radical expression of living collectivity generating networks of care and social change for a more equitable world. Solidarity is not a theoretical concept to dwell upon, but something we must enact together, a collective response to the multiple crises related to migration, conflict, colonialism, racialization, class divisions, heteronormativity, and environmental urgencies.
Convened in this spirit, we are thrilled to be joined by an exciting list of presenters:
LaToya Ruby Frazier, artist-activist
Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Candice Hopkins, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Forge Project
Margaret Innes, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Music Histories, Syracuse University
Ashley James, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
DonChristian Jones, artist, musician, and director
Naeem Mohaiemen, artist and Associate Professor of Visual Arts, Columbia University
Hank Willis Thomas, artist
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